Automated telecommunication peripheral system
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1. A method of providing an automated operator service to bridge a call, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a bridging node located outside of a public switched network and connected to a carrier switch within the public switched network, wherein the bridging node includes a storage device with a plurality of stored voice prompts;
receiving on a first communication path at the bridging node from the carrier switch a call bridging request, including, at least, a destination number assigned to a destination telephone located remotely from the bridging node and an origination number, as a result of a caller initiating a first telephone call from an origination telephone located remotely from the bridging node to which is assigned the origination number;
answering the first telephone call on the first communication path at the bridging node;
initiating a second telephone call from the bridging node through a second communication path to the destination telephone, including transmitting the destination number from the bridging node through the second communication path to the carrier switch;
connecting the first communication path to the second communication path at the bridging node to bridge the origination telephone to the destination telephone;
accepting on a third communication path at the bridging node a monitoring call from a monitor telephone as a result of a monitor dialing a number associated with a monitoring service;
transmitting a voice prompt of the plurality of stored voice prompts from the bridging node to the monitor telephone prompting the monitor for a criterion representative of a type of conversation to be selected for monitoring;
receiving a response at the bridging node from the monitor; and
based upon the response from the monitor, determining at the bridging node whether or not to monitor conversation between the origination telephone and the destination telephone.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing customized telecommunication services through a peripheral node which includes a node interface for connection through incoming and outgoing telephone trunks to a carrier switch of a public switched network, an audio response unit for recording, playing, and analyzing audio signals, and a node controller for controlling operation of the node interface and the audio response unit.
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1. A method of providing an automated operator service to bridge a call, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a bridging node located outside of a public switched network and connected to a carrier switch within the public switched network, wherein the bridging node includes a storage device with a plurality of stored voice prompts; receiving on a first communication path at the bridging node from the carrier switch a call bridging request, including, at least, a destination number assigned to a destination telephone located remotely from the bridging node and an origination number, as a result of a caller initiating a first telephone call from an origination telephone located remotely from the bridging node to which is assigned the origination number; answering the first telephone call on the first communication path at the bridging node; initiating a second telephone call from the bridging node through a second communication path to the destination telephone, including transmitting the destination number from the bridging node through the second communication path to the carrier switch; connecting the first communication path to the second communication path at the bridging node to bridge the origination telephone to the destination telephone; accepting on a third communication path at the bridging node a monitoring call from a monitor telephone as a result of a monitor dialing a number associated with a monitoring service; transmitting a voice prompt of the plurality of stored voice prompts from the bridging node to the monitor telephone prompting the monitor for a criterion representative of a type of conversation to be selected for monitoring; receiving a response at the bridging node from the monitor; and
based upon the response from the monitor, determining at the bridging node whether or not to monitor conversation between the origination telephone and the destination telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing an automated operator service to bridge a call, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a bridging node located outside of a public switched network and connected to a carrier switch within the public switched network, wherein the bridging node includes a storage device with a plurality of stored voice prompts; receiving on a first communication path at the bridging node from the carrier switch a call bridging request, including, at least, a destination number assigned to a destination telephone located remotely from the bridging node, as a result of a caller initiating a first telephone call from an origination telephone located remotely from the bridging node to which is assigned an origination number; answering the first telephone call on the first communication path at the bridging node; transmitting a voice prompt of the plurality of stored voice prompts from the bridging node to the origination telephone requesting selection of a billing method; transmitting a voice prompt of the plurality of stored voice prompts from the bridging node to the origination telephone requesting an audible identification of a destination party associated with the destination telephone; receiving the audible identification of the destination party at the bridging node from the origination telephone; storing the audible identification of the destination party at the bridging node; and initiating a second telephone call from the bridging node through a second communication path to the destination telephone, including transmitting the destination number from the bridging node through the second communication path to the carrier switch. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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