Mediation service control point within an intelligent network
First Claim
1. A method for providing multiple IN services via multiple service control points (SCPS) within a telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal at a mediation service control point (SCP) associated with said telecommunications network, said signal requesting an IN service toward a particular subscriber;
identifying a plurality of service control points (SCPs) associated with said particular subscriber which need to be accessed in order to provide the requested IN service;
determining an order of execution with respect to said identified plurality of SCPs; and
communicating with said identified plurality of SCPs in the determined order of execution to provide said requested IN service toward said particular subscriber.
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Abstract
A mediation Service Control Point (SCP) capable of communicating Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) based signals is interfaced between a plurality of Service Control Points (SCPs) each providing IN services and a Service Switching Point (SSP) serving a particular IN subscriber. In response to a need to utilize an IN service, the serving SSP transmits a query signal to the mediation SCP. The mediation SCP determines which SCP or SCPs are associated with the indicated IN subscriber and accordingly invokes or executes the determined one or more SCPs to provide the needed IN service. As a result, a one-to-one relationship imposed on the serving telecommunications network is relaxed and an IN subscriber is able to utilize IN services by way of multiple SCPs.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for providing multiple IN services via multiple service control points (SCPS) within a telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a signal at a mediation service control point (SCP) associated with said telecommunications network, said signal requesting an IN service toward a particular subscriber; identifying a plurality of service control points (SCPs) associated with said particular subscriber which need to be accessed in order to provide the requested IN service; determining an order of execution with respect to said identified plurality of SCPs; and communicating with said identified plurality of SCPs in the determined order of execution to provide said requested IN service toward said particular subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telecommunications node for associating a plurality of service control point (SCP) with a particular subscriber within a telecommunications network, said subscriber further associated with a particular service switching point (SSP), comprising:
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an interface module for interfacing with said plurality of service control points (SCPs) and with said SSP; a first register for storing data correlating said plurality of SCPs with said subscriber and for identifying an order with which the plurality of SCPs need to be executed in order to provide a requested IN service toward said particular subscriber; and an application module for accessing said first register to identify the plurality of applicable SCPs and the order for execution in order to provide the requested IN service to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing a telecommunications service toward a particular subscriber within a telecommunications network, comprising:
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a plurality of service control points (SCPs) each providing a particular subscriber service; a local end office for serving a particular subscriber; and a mediation service control point for interfacing said plurality of SCPs with said local end office for providing said telecommunications service toward said particular subscriber, wherein said mediation service control point includes a register for storing data correlating a plurality of SCPs with said subscriber and an application module for accessing said register to identifying the plurality of SCPs that need to be executed in order to provide a requested IN service to said subscriber as well as an order with which the identified plurality of SCPs must be executed in providing the requested IN service to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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