Patent ID: 6052592
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
Call routing equipment for use in a communication system including a base station having an assigned landline telephone number and a base identification number (BID), communicatively coupled with the call routing equipment via a public switched telephone network (TELCO), and capable of sending the assigned landline telephone number and BID to the call routing equipment, the call routing equipment capable of storing landline telephone numbers and BIDs in the call routing equipment, the call routing equipment comprising:means for receiving the assigned landline telephone number and the BID from the base station via the TELCO providing caller identification;means for finding a stored landline telephone number for the base station according to the received BID;means for determining if the received assigned landline telephone number is equal to the stored landline telephone number for the base station; andmeans for updating the stored landline telephone number for the base station with the received assigned landline telephone number when the received assigned landline telephone number is not equal to the stored landline telephone number of the base station.