Universal personal telecommunications service for an advanced intelligent network

• US 6,018,737 A
• Filed: 12/18/1997
• Issued: 01/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing L.P. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Jacunski, Conrad L., Copley, Jeffrey D., Shah, Tasvir
• Primary Examiner(s): Lintz, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FLEURANTIN, JEAN B
• Application Number:
  US08/993,436
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 379/913, 455/461
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/005 Personal communication services, e.g. provisions for portability of subscriber numbers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/913 Person locator or person-specific

Abstract

A universal personal telecommunications service includes the steps of receiving, at a home service switching point, a telephone number entered by a caller, sending a query to the service control point coupled to the service switching point, which verifies the received telephone number as a personal telecommunications number assigned to a service subscriber. The telephone number is then translated by the service control point to a current destination number by consulting routing data indicative of a current location of the service subscriber, the routing data including follow-me diversion data and time dependent routing data. The call is then completed to the current destination number of the service subscriber.

Claims

1. A universal personal telecommunications service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a home service switching point, a telephone number entered by a caller;

sending a query to the service control point coupled to the service switching point;

verifying, at the service control point, the received telephone number as a personal telecommunications number assigned to a service subscriber;

determining whether follow-me diversion and time dependent routing services are activated;

translating the telephone number to a current destination number by consulting routing data indicative of a current location of the service subscriber, the routing data including follow-me diversion data and time dependent routing data; and

completing the call to the current destination number in response to the follow-me diversion and time dependent routing services being activated.

2. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the translating step comprises the step of determining whether the follow-me diversion data specifies a different current destination number than a default destination number.

6. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of monitoring a number of queries to the service control point.

7. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of sending the translated destination number to the home service switching point for call completion.

8. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of sending the translated destination number to a different service switching point than the home service switching point for call completion.

3. A universal personal telecommunications service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a home service switching point, a telephone number entered by a caller;

sending a query to the service control point coupled to the service switching point;

verifying, at the service control point, the received telephone number as a personal telecommunications number assigned to a service subscriber;

translating the telephone number to a current destination number by consulting routing data indicative of a current location of the service subscriber, the routing data including follow-me diversion data and time dependent routing data; and

completing the call to the current destination number;

wherein the translating step comprises the steps of;

determining the destination number according to the day of year of the call;

determining the destination number according to the day of week of the call; and

/or

determining the destination number according to the time of day of the call.

4. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the translating step comprises the step of terminating the call dependent on the day of year, day of week, and/or time of day of the call.

5. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the translating step comprises the step of routing the call to an intelligent peripheral for a termination announcement dependent on the day of year, day of week, and/or time of day of the call.

9. A universal personal telecommunications service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a home service switching point, a personal telecommunications number entered by a caller;

sending a query to the service control point coupled to the home service switching point;

verifying, at the service control point, the received personal telecommunications number associated with a universal personal telecommunications service subscriber;

determining, at the service control point, whether the service subscriber desires to divert the call to a location different from the subscriber'"'"'s location;

consulting a database having data associated with the service subscriber and determining a current destination number desired by the service subscriber;

determining, at the service control point, whether the call is desired to be received depending on the time of day, day of week, or day of year;

sending the current destination number to the home service switching point; and

routing the call to a different service switching point than the home service switching point for completing the call to the current destination number.

12. The universal personal telecommunications service, as set forth in claim 9, further comprising the step of monitoring a number of queries to the service control point.

10. A universal personal telecommunications service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a home service switching point, a telephone number entered by a caller;

sending a query to the service control point coupled to the service switching point;

verifying, at the service control point, the received telephone number as a personal telecommunications number assigned to a service subscriber;

translating the telephone number to a current destination number by consulting routing data indicative of a current location of the service subscriber, the routing data including follow-me diversion data and time dependent routing data; and

completing the call to the current destination number;

wherein the translating step comprises the step of terminating the call dependent on the day of year, day of week, and/or time of day of the call.

11. A universal personal telecommunications service, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a home service switching point, a personal telecommunications number entered by a caller;

sending a query to the service control point coupled to the home service switching point;

verifying, at the service control point, the received personal telecommunications number associated with a universal personal telecommunications service subscriber;

consulting a database having data associated with the service subscriber and determining a current destination number for the service subscriber;

determining, at the service control point, whether the service subscriber desires to receive the call depending on the time of day, day of week, or day of year;

sending the current destination number to the home service switching point; and

routing the call to a different service switching point than the home service switching point for completing the call to the current destination number;

wherein the translating step comprises the step of routing the call to an intelligent peripheral for a termination announcement dependent on the day of year, day of week, and/or time of day of the call.