Patent ID: 8184798

Claim:
A method for accessing number portability (NP) and E.164 number (ENUM) data in a NP and ENUM database system, the method comprising: (a) receiving a query including a telephone number (TN), wherein the query includes one of a NP query for requesting NP data and an ENUM query for requesting ENUM data; (b) accessing a single NP and ENUM data locator structure to locate a pointer corresponding to the TN, wherein the single NP and ENUM data locator structure includes an index structure shared by the NP data and the ENUM data; (c) in response to the query being a NP query, using the pointer to locate NP data, and returning the NP data; and (d) in response to the query being an ENUM query, using the pointer to locate at least one uniform resource indicator (URI), and returning the at least one URI.