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Intelligent peripheral in video dial tone network

  • US 5,583,920 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1994
  • Issued: 12/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An integrated communication system, comprising:

  • a plurality of telephone stations,a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched telephone call communications between at least two of the telephone stations;

    a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems, comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of the telephone stations for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems;

    a peripheral platform connected to at least one of the central office switching systems via a telephone call connection channel, the peripheral platform comprising means for providing at least one auxiliary telephone call processing capability via the telephone call connection channel;

    a signalling communication system separate from the trunk circuits for two-way communications of data messages between the central office switching systems, between the central office switching systems and the service control point, and between the peripheral platform and the services control point;

    a plurality of broadband information service provider systems, each provider system being capable of transmitting broadband digital information;

    a plurality of terminals for transmitting control signals upstream in response to user inputs and for providing displays in response to received digital information; and

    a broadband communication network selectively providing broadband digital communications from the service provider systems to the terminals;

    whereinthe peripheral platform receives at least some of the control signals from the terminals and controls at least some broadband operations of said integrated communication system in response to the control signals.

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