Patent ID: 6728361
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for switching a short-code access number, said method comprising the steps of:initializing a service control point database with switching information for the short-code access number including a time period and a first destination, said time period being a predetermined length of time that is independent of a time of day; transmitting said short-code access number to a user device while concurrently starting a timer to measure said time period; receiving at a switching network said short-code access number from said user device; in response to receiving said short-code access number at said switching network, determining whether or not said time period has expired according to said timer; in response to determining that said time period has not expired, switching said short-code access number to said first destination in conformity with said switching information; and in response to determining that said time period has expired, making said short-code access number available for switching a call to a second destination.