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Geographically mapped telephone routing method and system

Assignee: 800 Adept Inc
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Filing: 1996-09-05
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Granted: 1998-09-08
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Expires: 2016-09-05
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Abstract

Abstract A method and system for direct routing of telephone calls made by a caller originating from within specific calling areas to one of a plurality of locations of a second party according to certain criteria established by the second party. This routing is accomplished based on the assignment of latitude and longitude coordinates to a potential caller's location. Once these coordinates are assigned to each of the potential callers, the second party's criteria is applied to assign the potential caller to a second party. Such criteria could be existence within a previously-defined geographic area, a custom defined geographic area, or through calculations such as the shortest distance between coordinate points. Once all such assignments have been made, a database is assembled to be used by a long distance carrier for direct routing of telephone calls from callers to an assigned second party.

Inventors

  • 👤 Daniel E. Neville

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 02:07
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/4872; H04M3/493; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0016; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13091; H04Q2213/13097; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13141; H04Q2213/13282; H04Q2213/13376; H04Q2213/13383; H04Q2213/13512

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
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.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 223 words
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.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 57 words
The method of claim 1 wherein step a. further comprises the steps of: a. determining the address of each potential first party; b. determining the latitude and longitude coordinates of the address of each potential first party; and c. correlating the latitude and longitude coordinates of each address to the telephone number of each potential first party.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 58 words
The method of claim 1 wherein step a. further comprises the steps of: a. determining a ZIP+4 code of the address of each potential first party; b. determining the latitude and longitude coordinates of said ZIP+4 code; and c. correlating the latitude and longitude coordinates of each ZIP+4 code to the telephone number of each potential first party.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 1 whereby the pre-determined criteria of step b. precisely defines a geographic area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said criteria may comprise any criteria selected by the second party.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 85 words
The method of claim 1 wherein step d. further comprises the steps of: a. assigning the latitude and longitude coordinates for each point along the boundary of each geographic area; b. determining if the latitude and longitude coordinates of a potential first party are interior to the geographical area formed by the latitude and longitude coordinates for each point along the boundary of the geographic area; and c. repeating steps a. and b. until all potential first parties have been assigned to respective geographic areas.

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