Patent ID: 8725108
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a plurality of records, wherein each record of the plurality of records identifies a source active service identifier and a recipient active service identifier, and wherein each record of the plurality of records is generated at a switching point in a network in response to a respective request for a respective requested routed service associated with a respective source active service identifier; determining an associated carrier for each recipient active service identifier identified in each of the plurality of records, wherein the associated carrier is determined by comparing each recipient active service identifier to (i) first information indicating that a respective service identifier is assigned to a respective carrier and to (ii) second information associated with local number portability; and determining a number of recipient active service identifiers for a first carrier by aggregating each recipient active service identifier associated with the first carrier.