Patent ID: 6088433
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A call forwarding system for an AIN telecommunications environment in which a destination has changed from an old telephone number to a new telephone number, and a calling party places a call which attempts to contact the destination by dialing the old telephone number, the call forwarding system comprising:a locator that determines the new telephone number;a sponsor determiner that determines whether the destination has elected to pay for forwarding the call from the old telephone number to the new telephone number, and that determines whether an eligible calling party has elected to pay for forwarding the call from the old telephone number to the new telephone number when the destination has not elected to pay for forwarding the call; anda system that completes the call from the calling party to the new telephone number if either the destination or the calling party has elected to pay for forwarding the call; anda hub system that analyzes the old telephone number and launches an AIN trigger to an AIN platform when the old telephone number satisfies a predetermined criteria, the hub system comprising a first central office, which corresponds to the old telephone number, and a hub central office, the first central office receiving digits dialed by the calling party, prefixing a unique code to the received digits and subsequently forwarding the prefixed received digits to the hub central office, the unique code causing the hub central office to launch the AIN trigger.