Vendor facility customer assignment

A communication system comprising:

• an assignment server configured to store a vendor facility assignment heuristic for the communication system having a primary data line, where a plurality of vendor facilities is associated with the communication system;
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• a plurality of vendor facility data lines in communication with said assignment server, each associated with one of said plurality of vendor facilities;
• wherein said assignment server is configured to determine a first group of vendor facilities from said plurality of vendor facilities in response to receiving an initiated communication to said primary data line by being configured to detect a communication identification of the initiated communication, said first group of vendor facilities located within a predetermined range of distance from a location associated with said communication identification, said assignment server configured to assign one of said first group of vendor facilities to said initiated communication and connect said initiated communication with the vendor facility data line associated with said assigned vendor facility.

A system, comprising:

• an assignment server in communication with a data network, said data network including a primary data line for a vendor, where a plurality of vendor facilities is associated with the data network;
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• a plurality of vendor facility data lines, each associated with one of said vendor facilities, said plurality of vendor facility data lines in communication with said assignment server over said data network;
• wherein said assignment server is configured to determine a first group of vendor facilities from said plurality of vendor facilities according to a communication identification of an initiated communication to said primary data line, said first group of vendor facilities located within a predetermined range of distance from a location associated with said communication identification, said assignment server configured to assign one of said first group of vendor facilities to said initiated communication and connect said initiated communication with the vendor facility data line associated with said assigned vendor facility.