Patent ID: 8238884
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing access to telecommunication services, comprising the steps of: receiving a location update request after a mobile station enters a visited geographic region, the location update request including a subscriber identity associated with a telecommunications service user, the user being registered to receive telecommunication services within a home geographic region, the home geographic region being different from the visited geographic region; and dynamically selecting a directory number associated with the received subscriber identity using evaluation criteria maintained by an association engine implemented on a computer, the evaluation criteria including at least two of: a geographic region, a time instant of the location update request, a next available directory number in a list of a plurality of directory numbers, and a membership of the user in a group, the directory number being local to the visited geographic region, the evaluation criteria associating a reference subscriber identity with a plurality of reference directory numbers, the mobile station receiving access to the telecommunication services within the visited geographic region via the selected directory number.