Patent ID: 6987969

Claim:
A network address register for use in a telephone switching network to route messages, comprising: a database comprising subscriber-specific data and network item addresses; and a network address register that receives from a first network item a network message, determines a network item address for the network message as a function of the subscriber-specific data in the message using the database, and transmits the network message to a network address of a second network item, wherein the network address register transmits the network address of the second network item to the first network item and establishes a traffic channel with the second network item, wherein the first network item comprises a mobile services switching center, the second network item comprises a voice mail service center, and the subscriber-specific data comprises an mobile station ISDN number, wherein the traffic channel comprises a voice channel to a voice mailbox, and wherein the network address register receives the mobile station ISDN number from the voice mail service center and determines a network address of the second network item as a function of the mobile station ISDN number, wherein the second network item comprises a home location register.