Apparatus and method for integrated computer controlled call processing in packet switched telephone networks
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing classification categories for a variety of communications transmissions effected via a packet data network;
establishing priority sequencing guidelines for the classification categories;
receiving at least one communication transmission via the packet data network; and
assigning a classification category to the communications transmission.
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Abstract
A communication management method and apparatus is presented. Such method and apparatus operate to transmit, from an application computer in communication with a gatekeeper which is connected to a data network, messages indicative of (a) telephone calls in progress at an endpoint of the data network, or (b) such endpoint, and to transmit, from the gatekeeper to the application computer, messages indicative of a variety of information contained in the telephone calls so as to process such information for a variety of applications. The invention provides protocols for classifying incoming messages and prioritizing these messages for the presentation to, and utilization by, a system user.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing classification categories for a variety of communications transmissions effected via a packet data network;
establishing priority sequencing guidelines for the classification categories;
receiving at least one communication transmission via the packet data network; and
assigning a classification category to the communications transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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7. A method, comprising:
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transmitting over a packet data network, from a first communications processing device to a second communications processing device, information indicative of communications monitoring and control functions desired by a user of the first communication processing device, the first communications processing device being located separately from any of at least two nodes of the packet data network;
arranging for a packetized communications session between the at least two nodes of the packet data network, said arrangement being accomplished through the second communications processing device;
establishing classification categories for communications transmissions;
establishing priority sequencing guidelines for the classification categories;
causing the packetized communications session to occur;
determining into which classification category the communications transmission goes; and
reporting information via the packet data network indicative of the session to the first communications processing device from the second communications processing device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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13. An article comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed causes:
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establishing classification categories for a variety of communications transmissions effected via a packet data network;
establishing priority sequencing guidelines for the classification categories;
receiving at least one communication transmission via the packet data network; and
assigning a classification category to the communications transmission.
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17. An article comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed causes:
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transmitting over a packet data network, from a first communications processing device to a second communications processing device, information indicative of communications monitoring and control functions desired by a user of the first communication processing device, the first communications processing device being located separately from any of at least two nodes of the packet data network;
arranging for a packetized communications session between the at least two nodes of the packet data network, said arrangement being accomplished through the second communications processing device;
establishing classification categories for communications transmissions;
establishing priority sequencing guidelines for the classification categories;
causing the packetized communications session to occur;
determining into which classification category the communications transmission goes; and
reporting information via the packet data network indicative of the session to the first communications processing device from the second communications processing device.
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