Geographically mapped telephone routing method and system

Claim 1

In a telephone system, a method of constructing a database wherein said database is used by a telephone service provider for direct routing a telephone call from a first party who dials one of an 800-type, 900-type or other special access code telephone number assigned to a second party, who has determined specific locations to receive calls originating from within pre-determined geographic areas, thereby allowing the first party to reach one of a plurality of locations of the second party based on geographic location of the first party from within one of a plurality of geographic areas, said method comprising the steps of: a. assigning individual latitude and longitude coordinates to each telephone number of all potential first parties; b. defining the boundaries of one or more geographic areas which can be of any size and shape according to pre-determined criteria; c. assigning to the telephone number of each potential first party a telephone number of a specific location of the second party that will receive calls originating from within a geographic area of each first party; d. determining in which geographic area a potential call might originate for each potential first party in the area encompassed by all geographic areas; and e. assigning the specific location of the second party to all potential first parties within the boundaries of each geographic area.