Patent ID: 7924987
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A messaging system for use in a telecommunications network, comprising: an operations data structure having enterprise information associated with an enterprise having a set of subscribers, and having network information specifying a communication network communicatively coupling a plurality of message centers to the set of subscribers, the network information specifying at least a set of outdial resource groups allocated to the enterprise, each outdial resource group linkable to a logical grouping of resources to be used to transport outdial communication services initiated by the plurality of message centers and associated with at least a subset of the set of subscribers assigned to the outdial resource group; and a plurality of directory data structures associated with respective ones of the plurality of message centers, wherein the operations data structure includes message center identification information linking the enterprise to selected ones of the plurality of message centers, wherein the plurality of directory data structures include subscriber linking information indicative of which of the set of subscribers is associated with each of the selected ones of the plurality of message centers, wherein a first portion of the enterprise information stored in the operations data structure is stored in each of the plurality of directory data structures which are linked with the enterprise, and wherein each directory data structure includes message center-specific information different from other message center-specific information stored in others of the plurality of directory data structures.