Split intelligent peripheral for broadband and narrowband services
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1. A communication network, comprising:
- local communication lines;
a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of the local communication lines;
a broadband communication network;
a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems, comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of the local communication lines for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; and
an intelligent peripheral, said intelligent peripheral comprising a switch coupled to at least one of the central office switching systems and to the broadband communications network, said switch selectively providing broadband and narrowband connections, at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received broadband data and at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received narrowband data.
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Abstract
An Intelligent Peripheral (IP) is used in combination with both narrowband type services (e.g., voice mail) and broadband type services (e.g., video transmission) and may provide protocol conversion, message translation, speech recognition, message editing and/or message-to-text conversion. The IP has a gateway switch between the various internal processing modules and the network line or trunk connections. The gateway switch provides selective routing of incoming calls to the appropriate modules, some modules providing narrowband type services and other modules providing broadband processing.
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38 Claims
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1. A communication network, comprising:
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local communication lines; a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of the local communication lines; a broadband communication network; a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems, comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of the local communication lines for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; and an intelligent peripheral, said intelligent peripheral comprising a switch coupled to at least one of the central office switching systems and to the broadband communications network, said switch selectively providing broadband and narrowband connections, at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received broadband data and at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received narrowband data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A split switch intelligent peripheral for narrowband and broadband services comprising:
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a switch selectively providing separate broadband and narrowband data connections to a communications network; at least one processing module, coupled to said switch, for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received broadband data; and at least one processing module, coupled to said switch, for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received narrowband data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A communications method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a plurality of separately located central office switching systems via trunk circuits; selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of a plurality of local communication lines connected to said plurality of separately located central office switching systems; storing call processing data, associated with a plurality of the local communication lines for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems, in a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems; providing broadband communications over a broadband communications network; and providing enhanced service features using an intelligent peripheral, said intelligent peripheral comprising a switch coupled to at least one of the central office switching systems and to the broadband communications network, said switch selectively providing broadband and narrowband connections, at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received broadband data and at least one processing module for providing an enhanced service feature on the basis of received narrowband data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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