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Intelligent peripheral and network control

  • US 5,864,614 A
  • Filed: 07/11/1996
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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 services 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;

    a first signaling communication system for two-way communications of data messages, said first signaling communication system interconnecting the central office switching systems and connecting the central office switching systems to the services control point;

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

    a second signaling communication system, separate from the first signaling communication system and the central office switching systems, for providing two-way communications of data messages between the peripheral platform and the services control point to control provision of the at least one call processing capability by the peripheral platform; and

    a third signaling communication system, separate from the first and second signaling communication systems and the central office switching systems, for providing two-way communications of data messages between the peripheral platform and the central office switching system connected to the peripheral platform via a call connection channel to control the provision of the at least one call processing capability by the peripheral platform.

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