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Network-based telephone system providing coordinated voice and data delivery

  • US 5,533,115 A
  • Filed: 11/04/1994
  • Issued: 07/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of processing a phone call from a caller in a telephone network, the telephone network including a plurality of switches and an intelligent peripheral (IP) for interfacing the plurality of switches with a service control point (SCP), the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving the phone call at one of the plurality of switches;

    forwarding the phone call to the IP;

    requesting, by the IP, that the SCP perform a call processing request;

    accessing service logic within the SCP, the service logic specifying handling of the phone call according to the call processing request;

    requesting, by the service logic, data from one or more external systems;

    receiving, at the SCP, data from the one or more external systems in response to the service logic request;

    routing the phone call to a selected telephone based on the data received from the one or more external systems; and

    routing the received data to the selected telephone.

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