Control in an intelligent network

• US 6,266,699 B1
• Filed: 04/17/1997
• Issued: 07/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Sevcik, Maximilian
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Application Number:
  US08/837,366
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 395/200.71, 395/200.69, 395/200.68, 395/200.72, 395/200.74, 395/200.59, 709/241, 709/239, 709/238, 709/242, 709/244, 709/229
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13209 ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13528 SCP architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13534 Internet - WWW, HTML, browsers etc.
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13541 routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A control is provided for the increasing number of Internet users who use networks to access Internet services. The control includes a service control point function as well as a domain name server function so that it is possible to request an Internet service and to select an optimum route to a server that contains the requested Internet service by the present control.

Claims

1. A control means for an intelligent network, comprising:

a service control point component which controls a request for an intelligent network service on a network-central level, said service control point being constructed to distinguish between a request for an Internet service and a request for other services; and

a domain name server component connected in communication with the service control point component, given a request for an Internet service as determined by said service control point said domain name server being constructed to determine an optimum route from among a plurality of routes to a server that contains the requested Internet service, said domain name server component being constructed to communicate said optimum route to said service control point component, said service control point component routing said request on said optimum route.

2. A control means as claimed in claim 1, wherein the domain name server component provides particular information about Internet applications in the respective servers, the particular information being delivered to the user through an ISDN bearer channel.

4. A control means as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service control point component includes a billing unit for access onto a specific server or onto a specific Internet application.

5. A control means as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service control point component stores user groups for whom access to specific servers or specific Internet applications is exclusively reserved;

said service control point component checks the access of a user to the specific servers or specific Internet applications on the basis of the stored user groups.

6. A control means as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service control point component stores routing information for mobile users for a most recently used application until a conclusion of use.

7. A control means as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control means is identified as an Internet server by other Internet servers and is capable of exchanging data with other Internet servers.

9. A control means as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

identification means for identifying a request for internet service.

10. A control means as claimed in claim 9, wherein said identification means is a service code.

3. A control means for an intelligent network comprising:

a service control point component which controls a request for an intelligent network service on a network-central level; and

a domain name server component that supports the service control point component given a request for an Internet service in determining the optimum route to a server that contains the requested Internet service,

wherein the service control point component stores authorizations of the specific user with respect to specific servers or to Internet applications;

the domain name server component stores the authorization requirements of the user with respect to specific servers or Internet applications;

the service control point component implements an authorization check of a user by interrogating the authorization requirements for access to servers or to Internet applications requested by a user from the domain name server component and comparing these requirements to the authorizations of the user.

8. A method for controlling access to Internet services via an intelligent network, comprising the steps of:

signaling a control means of an intelligent network from an intelligent network Service Control Point by selecting a corresponding service code that a connection to an Internet service is requested as distinguished from a request for another service;

determining an optimum route from among a plurality of routes to a server that contains the requested Internet service by the control means with the assistance of a domain name server, said optimum route being communicated said control means and said domain name server; and

initiating a connection that is setup to the server via said optimum route.

11. A control means for an intelligent network, comprising:

a service control point component which controls a request for an intelligent network service on a network-central level; and

a domain name server component connected in communication with the service control point component given a request for an Internet service in determining the optimum route to a server that contains the requested Internet service,

wherein said service control point component and said domain name server component are united in a same structure as an Internet service node.