Patent ID: 8208930
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for routing message traffic over a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, at a first server, a request from a subscriber terminal; (b) transmitting, from the first server to a subscriber location function of the network, a message requesting routing information to a user database serving the subscriber terminal; (c) transmitting, from the subscriber location function of the network to the first server, a response message that includes routing information for a second server instead of the user database, wherein the response message is transmitted in a format indicating to the first server that communication with a user database has occurred when it has not; (d) receiving, at the first server, the response message transmitted by the subscriber location function; and (e) transmitting, from the first server to the second server, the request from the subscriber terminal.