Routing of toll-free numbers and text messages using a toll-free exchange
OwnerDavid Aldworthinventor
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Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of routing text messages to subscribers of toll-free numbers using the toll-free exchange. Typically, an originating texter will draft a text message, using, for example, an SMS component of a cellular phone to a toll-free subscriber. In an aspect of the present disclosure, the text message is sent to the originating texter's service provider, which then routes the text message to the toll-free exchange. The toll-free exchange looks up the RESPORG ID associated with the ten-digit toll-free number, and the RESPORG ID is used for text message routing.
Claims20
A method for routing a text message to a toll-free number through a toll-free exchange, the method, performed by one or more computing devices operating as the toll-free exchange, the method comprising:
- receiving, from an originating responsible organization (RESPORG), a text message, wherein the text message is directed to a toll-free subscriber that is served by a terminating RESPORG;
- querying a database to determine a RESPORG identification associated with the terminating RESPORG, wherein the database is associated with the toll-free exchange and stores the RESPORG identification associated with the terminating RESPORG;
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- routing, to the terminating RESPORG, the text message based in part on the RESPORG identification.
Amended) A method for routing text messages to a toll-free subscriber, the method comprising:
- receiving, from an originating responsible organization (RESPORG), a text message, wherein the text message is directed to a toll-free subscriber that is served by a terminating RESPORG;
- querying a database to determine a RESPORG identification associated with the terminating RESPORG, wherein the database is associated with the toll-free exchange and stores the RESPORG identification associated with the terminating RESPORG;
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- routing, to the terminating RESPORG, the text message through a network, based in part on the RESPORG identification.
A system for routing a text message to a toll-free subscriber using a toll-free exchange, the system comprising:
- at least one session border controller for routing a data portion of the text message within the toll-free exchange;
- a policy router for determining, based at least on data included within the data portion, a responsible organization (RESPORG) identification (ID) associated with a terminating RESPORG;
- a service control point for storing the RESPORG ID of the terminating RESPORG;
- a database for storing enrollment information associated with the terminating RESPORG;
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- a media gateway server farm having one or more server computing devices for routing a media portion of the text message based in part on the RESPORG ID of the terminating RESPORG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.