What do I need to unlock my AT&T iPhone 4s?

I recenlty bought an iPhone 4s from a co-worker (they upgraded to an iPhone 5). It's in perfect condition. I love it so far (I'm upgrading from an old "feature phone"). Problem is, I want to set it up to use one of those StraightTalk-like plans. The iPhone 4s isn't unlocked yet and all my search results in deadends. What do I need?
The co-worker kept the original SIM card, so I bought another, but it's for the service plan I plan on using.
On AT&T's site they have an unlock request form, but it's asking things like the phone number. I'm assuming of the device I want unlocked, which would be the iPhone 4s, which is currently not in a contract, so has no number.
I tried sending AT&T Twitter messages, which they usually reply fairly quickly, but have yet to respond to me about unlocking it.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cruciarius wrote:
The original owner transfered the number they had with it to their new iPhone, so I don't think submitting the unlock request with it would be a good idea.
I'll see if they can go unlock it for me then, I guess...
Will unlocking it cost anything?
Ask AT&T.  AT&T and only AT&T handles this.
All of your unlocking question can be answered by AT&T

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