Method and system for delivering a communication service
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1. A method of delivering a communication service comprising the steps of:
- receiving, in a first communications network, signaling information from a signaling device which is coupled to a communications device that generated said signaling information to request a communication service, said signaling information being received in said first communications network via a first facility after having been modulated by said signaling device and then demodulated prior to receipt by said first communications network; and
processing the signaling information in said first communications network to generate routing information that is forwarded via said signaling device to a second communications network over a communication path which includes a second facility that is physically distinct from said first facility.
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Abstract
A signaling provider network which receives and transmits at least a subset of all signaling information associated with a particular call or communication service, allows the received/transmitted signaling information to be processed independently of the originating or terminating communication carrier network which originates and/or completes the call, or provides the communication service.
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1. A method of delivering a communication service comprising the steps of:
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receiving, in a first communications network, signaling information from a signaling device which is coupled to a communications device that generated said signaling information to request a communication service, said signaling information being received in said first communications network via a first facility after having been modulated by said signaling device and then demodulated prior to receipt by said first communications network; and processing the signaling information in said first communications network to generate routing information that is forwarded via said signaling device to a second communications network over a communication path which includes a second facility that is physically distinct from said first facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for delivering a communication service comprising:
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a signaling device; a first communications network which receives, from said signaling device, signaling information generated by a communication device that is coupled to said signaling device and that requested a communication service, said signaling information being received by said first communications network via a first facility after having been modulated by said signaling device and then demodulated prior to receipt by said first communications network; and a computer system in said first communications network which processes said signaling information to generate routing information that is forwarded via said signaling device to a second communications network over a communication path which includes a second facility that is physically distinct from the first facility. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of delivering a communication service in response to a communication service request from a communications device coupled to a signaling device, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending from the signaling device to a first network a first set of signaling information associated with a communication service, the first set of signaling information being received by the first network via a first facility after having been modulated by the signaling device and then demodulated prior to receipt by the first network; and in response to receipt of the first set of signaling information by the first network, transmitting from the first network to the signaling device a second set of signaling information which is forwarded via the signaling device to a second network for delivery of the communication service, the second set of signaling information being forwarded over a communication path which includes a second facility that is physically distinct from the first facility. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system for delivering a communication service in response to a communication service request from a communications device comprising:
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a first network; a signaling device which is coupled to the communications device and which sends to the first network a first set of signaling information generated by the communications device to request a communication service, the first set of signaling information being received by the first network via a first facility after having been modulated by the signaling device and then demodulated prior to receipt by the first network; and a processor in the first network which generates a second set of signaling information in response to receiving the first set of signaling information, and which transmits to the signaling device the second set of signaling information which is forwarded via the signaling device to a second network for delivery of the communication service, the second set of signaling information being forwarded over a communication path which includes a second facility that is physically distinct from the first facility. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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