Patent ID: 7649908

Claim:
A method, performed at an interface location between first and second networks, comprising, the steps of: receiving an originating telephone transaction message from an originator on a first network, the originating message having a first network messaging protocol and requesting subscriber information from a home registration database located on a second network, the first and second networks using disparate messaging protocols suitable for the second network; converting the first network messaging protocol of the originating message into a second network messaging protocol suitable for the second network; forwarding the converted originating message to the home registration database of the second network; receiving a responding message from the second network, the responding message having the second network messaging protocol; converting the second network messaging protocol of the responding message into the first network messaging protocol; and forwarding the converted responding message to the originator, said method facilitating communications between a home register database and a computer operable on said second network, so that authorization commands can be issued directly from said home register database to said computer on said second network.