INTELLIGENT NETWORK AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VOICE TELEPHONY OVER ATM AND POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT CONNECTIVITY
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Abstract
An illustrative intelligent network and method for providing voice telephony over ATM and point-to-multipoint connectivity are provided that can provide significant advantages. A method for providing a point-to-multipoint service to control point-to-multipoint connections using an intelligent network and a switched virtual circuit over an ATM network includes receiving a request from a calling party to establish a point-to-multipoint connection, determining if the calling party is authorized to make point-to-multipoint connections, rejecting the request if the calling party is not authorized to establish point-to-multipoint connections, analyzing the request to determine if the bandwidth requested for the point-to-multipoint connection is within authorized bandwidth limits, and rejecting the request if the bandwidth requested is not within authorized bandwidth limits. An intelligent network for providing VToA and point-to-multipoint connectivity is also provided.
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42 Claims
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23. A method comprising:
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intercepting a connection request sent from a calling party to a first network device;
determining whether the connection request includes a Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode designator;
processing the connection request in a first manner when the connection request is determined to include the Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode designator; and
processing the connection request in a second manner that is different than the first manner when the connection request is determined not to include the Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfers Mode designator. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. The method of 23, further comprising:
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receiving a second connection request from the calling party that includes a request for a point-to-multipoint connection; and
determining, in response to receiving the second connection request, whether the calling party is authorized to make point-to-multipoint connections. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A system comprising:
one or more devices to;
intercept a connection request sent from a calling party to a first network device, determine whether the connection request includes a Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode designator, process the connection request as a Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode connection request when the connection request is determined to include the Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode designator, and process the connection request as a data transfer request when the connection request is determined not to include the Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfers Mode designator. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method comprising:
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intercepting a first connection request sent from a calling party to a first network device;
determining, based on a content of the first connection request, that the first connection request includes a request for a point-to-multipoint connection;
determining, in response to determining that the first connection request includes a request for a point-to-multipoint connection, whether the calling party is authorized to make point-to-multipoint connections;
determining, in response to determining that the calling party is authorized to make point-to-multipoint connections, whether an amount of bandwidth requested for the point-to-multipoint connection is within authorized bandwidth limits; and
forwarding a second connection request to the first network device for establishing a connection between the calling party and a called party when the amount of bandwidth requested for the point-to-multipoint connection is determined to be within authorized bandwidth limits. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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