Telecommunications system
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1. A processing system to control routing for a user communication, wherein the processing system is external to communication systems that transfer the user communication, and wherein the processing system is coupled to the communication systems over control links, the processing system comprising:
- a signaling platform configured to receive telecommunication signaling information for the user communication;
an application platform configured to process a called number data structure, a routing data structure, and the telecommunication signaling information to select an identifier for placement in a header of the user communication, and to generate a control instruction indicating the identifier;
a control platform configured to transfer the control instruction indicating the identifier over one of the control links to one of the communication systems; and
wherein the one communication system places the identifier in the header of the user communication, wherein at least some of the communication systems route the user communication based on the identifier in the header, and wherein the processing system is external to the communication systems that transfer the user communication.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a telecommunications signaling processor that processes Signaling System #7 (SS7) telecommunications signaling messages to select Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) virtual connections and provide control messages indicating the selected ATM virtual connections.
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1. A processing system to control routing for a user communication, wherein the processing system is external to communication systems that transfer the user communication, and wherein the processing system is coupled to the communication systems over control links, the processing system comprising:
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a signaling platform configured to receive telecommunication signaling information for the user communication;
an application platform configured to process a called number data structure, a routing data structure, and the telecommunication signaling information to select an identifier for placement in a header of the user communication, and to generate a control instruction indicating the identifier;
a control platform configured to transfer the control instruction indicating the identifier over one of the control links to one of the communication systems; and
wherein the one communication system places the identifier in the header of the user communication, wherein at least some of the communication systems route the user communication based on the identifier in the header, and wherein the processing system is external to the communication systems that transfer the user communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a processing system to control routing for a user communication, wherein the processing system is external to communication systems that transfer the user communication, and wherein the processing system is coupled to the communication systems over control links, the method comprising:
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receiving telecommunication signaling information for the user communication into the processing system;
in the processing system, processing a called number data structure, a routing data structure, and the telecommunication signaling information to select an identifier for placement in a header of the user communication;
in the processing system, generating a control instruction indicating the identifier;
transferring the control instruction indicating the identifier from the processing system over one of the control links to one of the communication systems; and
wherein the one communication system places the identifier in the header of the user communication, wherein at least some of the communication systems route the user communication based on the identifier in the header, and wherein the processing system is external to the communication systems that transfer the user communication. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A software product to direct a processing system that receives telecommunication signaling information for a user communication to control routing for the user communication, wherein the processing system is external to communication systems that transfer the user communication, and wherein the processing system is coupled to the communication systems over control links, the software product comprising:
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data structures indicating called number data and routing data;
software configured to direct the processing system to process the data structures and the telecommunication signaling information to select an identifier for placement in a header of the user communication, to generate a control instruction indicating the identifier, and to transfer the control instruction over one of the control links to one of the communication systems, wherein the one communication system places the identifier in the header of the user communication, wherein at least some of the communication systems route the user communication based on the identifier in the header, and wherein the processing system is external to the communication systems that transfer the user communication; and
storage media that stores the software and the data structures.
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