Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Combined circuit switching and packet switching
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-08
2010-11-09
Ni, Suhan (Department: 2614)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Combined circuit switching and packet switching
C379S093020
Reexamination Certificate
active
07830867
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus to authorize and allocate resources for outdial communication services are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises determining a first local access transport area (LATA) useable to route an outdial call initiated by a message center, identifying a first set of unified sub-groups within the first LATA having a first sub-group type and having unused capacity, each unified sub-group comprising a logical grouping of communication resources partitioned among at least one of a plurality of features or a plurality of subscriber categories, determining whether any of the unified sub-groups in the first set meets a first selection preference, and if any of the unified sub-groups in the first set meets the first selection preference, selecting a first unified sub-group having a lowest current load from the unified sub-groups in the first set meeting the first selection preference to route the outdial call.
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United States
Cunetto Philip Charles
Lemay John Edward
Schneider Marco
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P.
Hanley Flight & Zimmerman LLC
Ni Suhan
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