Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-11
2011-11-15
Cai, Wayne (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S433000, C455S432100, C379S088230, C379S088240, C379S088250
Reexamination Certificate
active
08060101
ABSTRACT:
According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) telephone number provisioning and voicemail routing by a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: provisioning a telephone number (TN) and its associated mobile subscriber identification (MSID) owned by a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on a home location register (HLR) of a third party carrier, the third party carrier is not the owner of the TN; routing a call to the provisioned TN from a calling party by utilizing the HLR, wherein a called party of the TN is at least one of providing no answer or unreachable; receiving an indication from a gateway mobile switching center (GW MSC) of the third party carrier that there is no voicemail transfer number associated with the TN; and initiating a new call to a voicemail server of the MVNO, the new call to provide voicemail associated with the TN to the calling party. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
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Long Bill
Simpkins Wayne
Cai Wayne
Level 3 Communications LLC
Perez Julio
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