| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a system and method of addressing and translating addresses in a network, such as a telecommunications, cellular or transportation network. A first subscriber has a voice line (502) and a telefax line (504). A second subscriber has a voice line (602) and a telefax line (604). All of the particular subscriber's lines need not appear at a single central office switch, but may appear at many different central offices throughout the public switched telephone network. Software required for the embodiment of the invention are shown as resident in two central offices (500, 600) and a service control point (800). The system and method in a telephone network assign a directory number to each user, and functional property code(s) to each device a user employs. The same directory number is then used to reach the user, where the system will automatically use the functional property code of each device to reach the user's voice line (502, 602), cellular line, fax line (504, 604), data line or other telephone network device.
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