摘要 |
A network element (500) for routing a calling name (CNAM) query message through a communications network (300, 400) includes a communication module (508) capable of receiving a CNAM query message from and transmitting the CNAM query message to a communications network (300, 400). A CNAM query routing information database (524) stores CNAM query routing information for at least one CNAM database (712, 720). A CNAM query routing address translation process (526) performs a lookup in the CNAM query routing information database (524) based on information contained in the query message and determines whether to route the query message to a national CNAM database (726) based on results from the database lookup. |