Method and system for managing mobile telephone numbers and mobile telephone subscribers' data without geography-based restriction
US8190122B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/265
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system manages subscribers' data of mobile telephones in a wireless network. A plurality of data servers are located according to geographic service areas, and each of the data servers may store subscribers' data of mobile telephones based on the respective geographic area. Location of subscribers' data is determined depending upon subscribers' ID, to which two or more Mobile telephone Numbers (MTNs) are assigned. Two or more MTNs may have different area codes for which subscribers' data are stored in at least two or more of the data servers. A terminal receives a request of subscriber's data of a first Mobile telephone Number (MTN) and retrieves a subscriber's ID corresponding to the first MTN from an Electronic Telephone Number Inventory (eTNI) database. A router determines a first data server corresponding to the retrieved subscriber's ID and routes the request to the first data server.
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