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System and method for defining and providing telephone network services

  • US 4,782,517 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1986
  • Issued: 11/01/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for allowing an administrator of a telephone system to provide new services to a plurality of terminating means in a telephone network by generating a response event in the system in response to a request event to control the operation of the terminating means connected to the telephone network through interposed server means, comprising the steps of:

  • monitoring by the server means for the occurrence of the request event initiated by any one of the terminating means;

    detecting the request event and processing the request event with processor means coupled to said server means, said processor means including a directly accessible database for storing state transition rules, said processing step including the steps of directly accessing from said database a stored state transition rule corresponding to the request event and providing control information corresponding to the response event in accordance with said state transition rule;

    activating the server means in accordance with said control information corresponding to the response event for communication to the terminating means; and

    when invoked by the administrator through means for directly accessing said database, modifying said state transition rules to provide the new services without reconfiguring said server means.

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