AIN interaction through wireless digital video network
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- local telephone communication links;
a trunk circuit;
at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links;
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 links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems;
an interoffice signaling network, coupled to the central office switching systems and the service control point, said interoffice signaling network providing signaling data communication links separate from the local communication lines and the trunk circuit; and
a wireless network for distribution of broadband information and signaling information through a plurality of terminal devices, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call from the service control point through the wireless network to a selected one of the terminal devices.
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Abstract
A control node, such as a services control point, of an intelligent telephone network interfaces to a wireless broadband network for signaling communications with broadband terminals. In normal operation, the terminals present video or other broadband information carried on the wireless network, typically via an associated television set. During processing of a telephone call, a central office switching system of the telephone network will recognize a predetermined event in call processing which triggers a query to the control node. Ultimately, the control node will return an instruction to the switching system to continue call processing. However, as part of its own processing, the control node sends a message through the broadband network to the broadband terminal of the subscriber to which the telephone call relates. If operational, the terminal may display call related information contained in the message, e.g. Caller ID information for an incoming call. The display may also prompt the user to input information. If so, the set-top terminal will transmit the subscriber input information upstream through the wireless broadband network to the control node. In such a case, the control node formulates its instruction to the central office switching system to control further processing of the telephone call, at least in part, based on the subscriber input information. The call processing of the present invention applies to both incoming and outgoing calls.
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40 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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local telephone communication links; a trunk circuit; at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links; 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 links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; an interoffice signaling network, coupled to the central office switching systems and the service control point, said interoffice signaling network providing signaling data communication links separate from the local communication lines and the trunk circuit; and a wireless network for distribution of broadband information and signaling information through a plurality of terminal devices, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call from the service control point through the wireless network to a selected one of the terminal devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
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8. A communication system comprising:
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local telephone communication links; a trunk circuit; at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links; 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 links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; an interoffice signaling network, coupled to the central office switching systems and the service control point, said interoffice signaling network providing signaling data communication links separate from said local communication lines and the trunk circuit; and a wireless network for distribution of broadband information and signaling information through a plurality of terminal devices, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call from the service control point through the wireless network to a selected one of the terminal devices, and wherein said wireless network comprises; a broadcast headend system for generating a plurality of broadband program signals and an interactive headend system for generating a broadband signal containing interactive service information; and at least one antenna for radiating the broadband program signals and downstream signaling data into a service area covering the plurality of terminal devices; wherein the interface point is a gateway processor controlling at least some interactive operations of the interactive headend system.
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12. A communication system comprising:
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local telephone communication links; a trunk circuit; at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links; 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 links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; an interoffice signaling network, coupled to the central office switching systems and the service control point, said interoffice signaling network providing signaling data communication links separate from said local communication lines and the trunk circuit; and a two-way wireless packet data network for distribution of broadband information and signaling information through a plurality of terminal devices, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call from the service control point through the wireless network to a selected one of the terminal devices, wherein said two-way wireless packet data network comprises; a headend system producing a signal containing multiplexed channels, each channel carrying a transport stream comprising multiplexed streams of digitized broadband information; at least one broadband wireless transmitter for broadcasting the signal containing multiplexed channels in to a service area; and a wireless data network carrying said signaling information; and wherein the two-way wireless packet data network comprises a plurality of wireless transceivers for providing wireless data communications with modems in the terminal devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A communication system comprising:
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local telephone communication links; a trunk circuit; at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links; an interoffice signaling network coupled to the central office switching systems and providing signaling data communication links separate from the local communication lines and the trunk circuit; a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems and coupled to the interoffice signaling network, said service control point comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of the local communication links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; and a wireless network for distribution of broadband information through a plurality of terminal devices and transport of signaling information from the terminal devices representing at least certain user inputs, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating at least some of the signaling information to the service control point and for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call between the service control point and, via the wireless network, to one of said terminal devices.
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16. A communication system comprising:
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local telephone communication links; a trunk circuit; at least two separately located central office switching systems interconnected via the trunk circuit for selectively providing switched call connections between at least two of said local communication links; an interoffice signaling network coupled to the central office switching systems and providing signaling data communication links separate from the local communication lines and the trunk circuit; a service control point, separate from the central office switching systems and coupled to the interoffice signaling network, said service control point comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of the local communication links for control of call processing through one or more of the central office switching systems; and a wireless network for distribution of broadband information through a plurality of terminal devices and two-way wireless signaling data communication with the terminal devices, said wireless network comprising an interface point for communicating signaling data relating to a telephone call from the service control point to a selected one of the terminal devices and at least some signaling information relating to a user input from the selected terminal device to the service control point.
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17. A communication system comprising:
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a headend system producing a signal containing multiplexed channels, each channel carrying a transport stream comprising multiplexed streams of digitized broadband information; at least one broadband wireless transmitter for broadcasting the signal into a service area; a two-way wireless packet data network; a plurality of receiver systems within the service area, each receiver system comprising; (i) an antenna for receiving a wireless transmission of the signal, (ii) an interface module processing the received signal to select one of the channels and acquire a transport stream from the selected channel, (iii) a digital signal processing section for processing digitized data from a selected stream of digitized broadband information contained in the acquired transport stream to present selected broadband information, and (iv) an RF modem for two-way communication of signaling messages to and from the receiver system via the wireless packet data network; and an interface providing two-way data communication between a service control point of an intelligent telephone network and the two-way wireless packet data network, to provide two-way communication of signaling messages between the service control point and a selected one of the receiver systems. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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detecting an incoming telephone call for a predetermined subscriber premises through a central office of a telephone network; in response to detection of the incoming telephone call, sending a first message through an interoffice signaling system of the telephone network from the central office to a service control point, said first message including call related data; in response to the first message, transmitting a second message from the service control point through a signaling channel of a wireless broadband network, said second message being addressed to a terminal device for processing broadband information received through the wireless broadband network at the predetermined subscriber premises, said second message including information relating to the origin of the call; and presenting the information relating to the origin of the call from the second message on a broadband information output device driven by the terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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detecting an outgoing telephone call from a predetermined subscriber premises through a central office of a telephone network; in response to detection of the outgoing telephone call, sending a first message through an interoffice signaling system of the telephone network from the central office to a service control point, said first message including information identifying a selected destination of the call; in response to the first message, transmitting a second message from the service control point through a signaling channel of a wireless broadband network, said second message being addressed to a terminal device for processing broadband information received through the wireless broadband network at the predetermined subscriber premises, said second message including information identifying the selected destination of the call; presenting the information identifying the selected destination of the call on a broadband information output device driven by the terminal device; receiving input information from a user at the a terminal device; transmitting a third message from the terminal device through a signaling channel through the wireless broadband network to the service control point, said third message containing a representation of the input information; transmitting a fourth message from the service control point to the central office, said fourth message including an instruction derived in response to the representation of the input information; and processing the outgoing call in the central office of the telephone network based on the instruction. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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