Patent ID: 7248686

Claim:
A method of routing a call from a calling party made to a called party Universal Access Phone Number (UAPN) in a telecommunications network comprising: supplying a UAPN: supplying different time/day phone numbers different than the UAPN for specific times of the day and/or days of the week the time/day phone numbers including a first time/day phone number corresponding to a first time period and a first day associating the time/day phone numbers with the UAPN in the telecommunications network; supplying an override phone number for the first time period and first day, the override phone number being different than the first time/day phone number UAPN; receiving a call destined for the called party during the first time period and first day at an originating switch serving the calling party; the originating switch querying an SS7 network for UAPN number resolution; receiving the query at a Service Control Point (SCP) via the SS7 network; the SCP selecting the override phone number as a destination phone number returning the destination phone number to the originating switch via the SS7 network; and the originating switch routing the call to the called party terminal using the destination phone number.