Apparatus and method for managing telephony-based services
First Claim
1. A system for managing services within an advanced intelligent communications system, said advanced intelligent communications system comprising a service control point having service logic for each service subscribed to by a service subscriber, and a two-way communications network interconnecting a plurality of dissimilar service switching points, said two-way communications network selectively establishing a communication connection between at least two of a plurality of geographically dispersed locations coupled to said dissimilar service switching points, said system comprising:
- means for encountering, at one of said plurality of dissimilar service switching points, a trigger in response to a request from a calling party to establish a communication connection with a service subscriber;
means for accessing said service control point in response to said trigger encountered at said one service switching point; and
means for managing, at said service control point, the operation of services of said service subscriber based on an operational status of each of said services and a predetermined prioritization of said services.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for managing the operation and interaction of one or more telephony-based services (such as AIN-based services). A feature interaction manager is utilized performing a predetermined decision process to determine which one of a customer'"'"'s AIN services will be executed, and in what order the customer'"'"'s AIN services will be initiated. The feature interaction manager may reside at a Service Control Point and may be executed whenever an AIN trigger is encountered at a switch based on a call request to establish communication with the customer. Once the last of the customer'"'"'s services have completed execution, the feature interaction manager returns control to the switch encountering the AIN trigger for appropriate handling or routing of the call request.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for managing services within an advanced intelligent communications system, said advanced intelligent communications system comprising a service control point having service logic for each service subscribed to by a service subscriber, and a two-way communications network interconnecting a plurality of dissimilar service switching points, said two-way communications network selectively establishing a communication connection between at least two of a plurality of geographically dispersed locations coupled to said dissimilar service switching points, said system comprising:
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means for encountering, at one of said plurality of dissimilar service switching points, a trigger in response to a request from a calling party to establish a communication connection with a service subscriber; means for accessing said service control point in response to said trigger encountered at said one service switching point; and means for managing, at said service control point, the operation of services of said service subscriber based on an operational status of each of said services and a predetermined prioritization of said services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for managing services within an advanced intelligent network (AIN) communications system, said AIN communications system comprising a service control point, and a two-way communications network interconnecting a plurality of dissimilar service switching points, said two-way communications network selectively establishing communication between at least two of a plurality of geographically dispersed locations coupled to said dissimilar service switching points, said system comprising:
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an AIN triggering device, located at one of said plurality of dissimilar service switching points, that is triggered in response to a request from a calling party to establish a communication connection with a service customer; a query mechanism to send a query to said service control point in response to said trigger encountered at said service switching point; and a feature interaction manager, located at said service control point, adapted to control the operation of services of said service customer in accordance predetermined interaction criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a system for managing services within an advanced intelligent communications system, said advanced intelligent communications system comprising a service control point having service logic for each service subscribed to by a service subscriber, and a two-way communications network interconnecting a plurality of dissimilar service switching points, said two-way communications network selectively establishing a communication connection between at least two of a plurality of geographically dispersed locations coupled to said dissimilar service switching points, a method of managing the interaction of customer services comprises:
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encountering, at one of said plurality of dissimilar service switching points, a trigger in response to a request from a calling party to establish a communication connection with a service subscriber; accessing said service control point in response to said trigger encountered at said one service switching point; and managing, at said service control point, the operation of services of said service subscriber based on an operational status of each of said services and a predetermined prioritization of said services. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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