Patent ID: 7142862

Claim:
A method of relating a dialed number to a new mobile station in a wireless network for an incoming call from a calling party using a calling party device to a called party using the new mobile station, wherein the dialed number is associated with a first mobile switching center, the new mobile station is associated with a second mobile switching center, and wireless service to the first and second mobile switching centers is provided by a common wireless service provider, the method including the steps: a) receiving a return result from a first home location register associated with the first mobile switching center in response to querying the first home location register for location information associated with the dialed number, wherein the return result does not include the location information; b) querying a second home location register associated with the second mobile switching center for location information associated with the dialed number; c) receiving a return result from the second home location register, wherein the return result includes the location information, wherein the location information is associated with the new mobile station; d) communicating temporary routing and location information associated with the new mobile station to a switch associated with the calling party; and between steps a) and b), further including the step: e) pausing an inter-service number portability query process within the first mobile switching center.