System and method for providing telephony services to remote subscribers
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a telephony service provider, a request for a telephony service from a subscriber in a remote territory, wherein the remote territory is outside a local territory of the telephony service provider; and
routing the request from the remote territory to the local territory over a packet-switched network.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider'"'"'s territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a telephony service provider, a request for a telephony service from a subscriber in a remote territory, wherein the remote territory is outside a local territory of the telephony service provider; and
routing the request from the remote territory to the local territory over a packet-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer readable medium embodying a program of executable instructions, said program of instructions comprising:
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at least one instruction to receive, at a telephony service provider, a request for a telephony service from a subscriber in a remote territory, wherein the remote territory is outside a local territory of the telephony service provider; and
at least one instruction to route the request from the remote territory to the local territory over a packet-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a local gateway located in a local territory of a telephony service provider, the local gateway to receive a request for a telephony service from a subscriber in a remote territory, wherein the remote territory is outside a local territory of the telephony service provider; and
a remote gateway located in the remote territory, the remote gateway to route the request from the remote territory to the local territory over a packet-switched network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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