Telephone call processing arrangement based on calling and called party telephone services
First Claim
1. A method of processing a call between calling and called parties in a communications network formed from a plurality of network switches and providing a plurality of different communications services and associated features, said calling and called parties respectively subscribing to first and second ones of said communications services, said method comprising the steps ofat an originating one of said toll switches, receiving said call and associated calling information, andidentifying, as a function of said calling information, first and second network service processors operative for respectively implementing said first and second services in said network and passing said calling information to said first and second processors, such that said first and second processors cooperate with one another to respectively implement said first and second services and their associated features in said network on behalf of said calling and called parties, andselecting as a function of said calling information one of said first and second processors to control the processing of said call.
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Abstract
A telephone services functionality is disposed in a telecommunications network to ensure that a telephone call is processed in accordance with the telephone services respectively subscribed to by the calling and called parties. In addition, the functionality retains control over the call so that it may respond to service requests entered by either the calling or called party at any point following establishment of the call connection.
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1. A method of processing a call between calling and called parties in a communications network formed from a plurality of network switches and providing a plurality of different communications services and associated features, said calling and called parties respectively subscribing to first and second ones of said communications services, said method comprising the steps of
at an originating one of said toll switches, receiving said call and associated calling information, and identifying, as a function of said calling information, first and second network service processors operative for respectively implementing said first and second services in said network and passing said calling information to said first and second processors, such that said first and second processors cooperate with one another to respectively implement said first and second services and their associated features in said network on behalf of said calling and called parties, and selecting as a function of said calling information one of said first and second processors to control the processing of said call.
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7. A method of processing a call in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of interconnected toll switches, said network providing a plurality of different services, said call being originated by a calling party and being forwarded to a called party, said calling and called parties having independently selected respective first and second ones of said network services, said method comprising the steps of
at an originating one of said toll switches, responding to receipt of said call and associated calling information by identifying, as a function of said calling information, first and second network processors operative for respectively implementing said first and second services in said network, and selecting, as a function of a number of parameters derived from said calling information, one of said first and second processors to control the processing of said call and supplying said calling information thereto, said first and second processors communicating with each other during the processing of said call so that said first and second services may be implemented in said network on behalf of said calling and called parties, respectively, and responding to receipt of a routing indicator from one of said processors by forwarding said call to a second one of said switches identified as a function of said routing indicator.
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