SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TELECOMMUNICATION CALLS

• US 20090136017A1
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hoareau, Guillaume
• Application Number:
  US12/265,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20090136017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/216.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/154 Functional or symbolic dial plan such as license plate numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4935 Connection initiated by DAS system

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for processing calls in a telecommunication network. The system may comprise a plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals has an input for receiving a call request including a set of keywords, and wherein the plurality of terminals comprises a calling terminal and a set of destination terminals. The system further may comprise a call processing server for establishing communication between the calling terminal and the set of destination terminals in response to the reception of a call request from the calling terminal. The call processing server may comprise a management table, an alias resolution unit, an analyzer unit, and a switching subsystem.

Claims

1. A system for processing calls in a telecommunication network comprising:

a plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals comprises an input for receiving a call request comprising a set of keywords, and wherein the plurality of terminals comprises a calling terminal and a set of destination terminals; and

a call processing server for establishing communication between the calling terminal and the set of destination terminals in response to the reception of a call request from the calling terminal, wherein the call processing server comprises;

a management table storing entries that associate an alias with at least one phone number identifying a destination terminal and with a set of auxiliary keywords;

an alias resolution unit for selecting an entry from the management table in response to the set of keywords of the call request matching the alias of the entry;

an analyzer unit for selecting an entry from the management table in response to at least one keyword of the set of keywords of the call request matching at least one auxiliary keyword of the set of auxiliary keywords of the entry; and

a switching subsystem for initiating communication between the calling terminal and the set of destination terminals, wherein the set of destination terminals is identified by the at least one phone number associated with at least one of the selected entries.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the analyzer unit is provided to compare each keyword of the set of keywords of the call request to the set of auxiliary keywords associated with each entry of the management table and to store each selected entry in a selection table.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the analyzer unit is provided to select at least one candidate entry among the entries stored in the selection table based on predefined rules and to transmit the at least one phone number associated with the at least one selected candidate entry to the switching subsystem.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the management table further associates a priority parameter with each entry, and wherein one of the predefined rules is related to the priority parameter of the entries stored in the selection table.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the management table further associates a location parameter with each entry, and wherein one of the predefined rules is related to the location parameter of the entries stored in the selection table.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the call processing server transmits a failure message to the calling terminal if the analyzer unit fails to select one entry from the management table.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the set of auxiliary keywords of each entry stored in the management table comprises a number of words consisting of alphanumeric characters.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the alias of each entry stored in the management table consists of a word comprising alphanumeric characters.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network comprises a fixed wired network.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network comprises a mobile network.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the telecommunication network comprises a VoIP network.

12. A method for processing calls in a telecommunication network among a plurality of terminals comprising a calling terminal and a set of destination terminals, wherein the telecommunication network comprises a management table storing entries that associate an alias with at least one phone number identifying a destination terminal and with a set of auxiliary keywords, and wherein the method comprises:

receiving a call request comprising a set of keywords;

selecting an entry from the management table in response to the set of keywords of the call request matching the alias of the entry;

selecting an entry from the management table in response to at least one keyword of the set of keywords of the call request matching at least one auxiliary keyword of the set of auxiliary keywords of the entry; and

initiating communication between the calling terminal and the set of destination terminals, wherein the set of destination terminals is identified by the at least one phone number associated with at least one of the selected entries.