Patent ID: 7899159

Claim:
A method for providing in country phone numbers and routing rules in a communication network, comprising: collecting a plurality of local dialing plans and emergency phone numbers from a plurality of foreign country network service providers into a common database, wherein the plurality of local dialing plans comprises a number of digits to be dialed in a foreign region to reach a type of called endpoint device; and providing the common database for supporting call processing associated with a subscriber of the communication network, wherein the providing the common database comprises: receiving by a call control element in the communication network a call setup message from the subscriber located in a foreign region to a called party endpoint located in the same foreign region, wherein the subscriber subscribes to an in-country service feature; obtaining one of the plurality of local dialing plans or emergency phone numbers associated with the same foreign region in which the subscriber is located from the common database; and processing the call setup message using the one of the plurality of local dialing plans or emergency phone numbers.