METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING COMMUNICATION DATA RELEVANT TO A TARGET ENTITY IDENTIFIED BY A NUMBER STRING
First Claim
1. A method of accessing service resource items for use in respect of setting up bearer channels through a switched telecommunications system, said method including the steps of:
- (a) provisioning at least one server connected to a computer network with a plurality of service resource items that are thereafter locatable on said computer network by corresponding known URIs, said computer network being logically distinct from the telecommunications system, and said service resource items relating to setup control for bearer channels through said telecommunications system with each said service resource item being associated with a respective predetermined code, said predetermined codes being distinct from said URIs and identifying end-point entities for said bearer channels;
(b) providing a mapping between each said predetermined code and the said known URI of the service resource item associated with that predetermined code; and
(c) utilising a said predetermined code to access a corresponding said service resource item by using said mapping to determine the URI corresponding to that resource item and then using this URI to access the service resource item over said computer network.
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Abstract
Service resource items (49) for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers (58) that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastuture; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service resource item (49) is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resoce item (49) associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI (step 55) which is then used to access the desired service resource item (56, 57, 59).
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16 Claims
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1. A method of accessing service resource items for use in respect of setting up bearer channels through a switched telecommunications system, said method including the steps of:
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(a) provisioning at least one server connected to a computer network with a plurality of service resource items that are thereafter locatable on said computer network by corresponding known URIs, said computer network being logically distinct from the telecommunications system, and said service resource items relating to setup control for bearer channels through said telecommunications system with each said service resource item being associated with a respective predetermined code, said predetermined codes being distinct from said URIs and identifying end-point entities for said bearer channels;
(b) providing a mapping between each said predetermined code and the said known URI of the service resource item associated with that predetermined code; and
(c) utilising a said predetermined code to access a corresponding said service resource item by using said mapping to determine the URI corresponding to that resource item and then using this URI to access the service resource item over said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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