Methods and apparatus for providing suppressed ringing access
First Claim
1. A method for providing a connection between a server and a subscriber line without ringing a telephone connected to the subscriber line, the method comprising:
- sending a connection request from the server to an originating switch, the connection request comprising a signal indicating the subscriber line to which the server is to be connected and a signal indicating that a suppressed ringing connection to that subscriber line is desired;
processing the connection request at the originating switch and forwarding the processed connection request to a terminating switch which is connected to the subscriber line; and
performing a connection routine at the terminating switch in response to the forwarded connection request to connect the server to the subscriber line, the connection routine being adapted to avoid audible ringing of a telephone set connected to the subscriber line.
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Abstract
In methods and apparatus for providing suppressed ringing access to a subscriber line, a connection request is sent from a server to a telecommunications switch and the switch performs a connection routine in response to the connection request to connect the server to the subscriber line. The connection routine is adapted to avoid audible ringing of a telephone set connected to the subscriber line. The connection request comprises a signal indicating a subscriber line to which the server is to be connected and a signal indicating that suppressed ringing access to that subscriber line is desired. The methods and apparatus avoid the need for especially provisioned trunks between the server and the terminating switches by including in the connection request a signal indicating that suppressed ringing is desired and by making the telecommunications switch responsive to that signal.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for providing a connection between a server and a subscriber line without ringing a telephone connected to the subscriber line, the method comprising:
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sending a connection request from the server to an originating switch, the connection request comprising a signal indicating the subscriber line to which the server is to be connected and a signal indicating that a suppressed ringing connection to that subscriber line is desired; processing the connection request at the originating switch and forwarding the processed connection request to a terminating switch which is connected to the subscriber line; and performing a connection routine at the terminating switch in response to the forwarded connection request to connect the server to the subscriber line, the connection routine being adapted to avoid audible ringing of a telephone set connected to the subscriber line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing a connection between a server and a subscriber line without ringin a telephone connected to the subscriber line, comprising:
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connection request generation means resident in the server for generating a connection request comprising a signal indicating a subscriber line to which the server is to be connected and a signal indicating that a suppressed ringing connection to that subscriber line is desired; a terminating switch on which the desired subscriber line is provisioned, an originating switch; an access line connecting the server to the originating switch; and trunking and signalling facilities connecting the originating switch to the terminating switch the originating switch being responsive to the connection request to process the connection request and to forward the processed connection request to the terminating switch via the signalling facilities; and the terminating switch being responsive to the forwarded connection request to connect the server to the subscriber line via the originating switch and the trunking facilities while suppressing application of ringing to the subscriber line so as to avoid audible ringing of a telephone set connected to the subscriber line. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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