Method, system and apparatus for telecommunications control
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1. A method for processing telecommunications signaling that comprises:
- (a) receiving in-band telecommunications signaling into a first telecommunications device coupled to a first connection;
(b) in the first telecommunications device, converting the in-band telecommunications signaling to an out-of-band telecommunications signaling message;
(c) routing the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message from the first telecommunications device to a processor that is external to the first telecommunications device and a second communication device;
(d) processing the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message in the processor to select a second connection coupled to the first telecommunications device and to the second telecommunications device;
(e) generating a first control message and a second control message indicating the second connection;
(f) transmitting the first control message from the processor to the first telecommunications device and transmitting the second control message from the processor to the second telecommunications device; and
(g) in the first telecommunications device, receiving the first control message and coupling the first connection to the second connection in response to the first control message.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method, system, and apparatus for providing communication control. The invention includes a method in which signaling is processed externally to a switch before it is applied by the network elements. The processor is able to select network characteristics and signal the network elements based the selections. A network employing the processing method is also included, as well as a signaling system that employs the processing method.
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1. A method for processing telecommunications signaling that comprises:
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(a) receiving in-band telecommunications signaling into a first telecommunications device coupled to a first connection;
(b) in the first telecommunications device, converting the in-band telecommunications signaling to an out-of-band telecommunications signaling message;
(c) routing the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message from the first telecommunications device to a processor that is external to the first telecommunications device and a second communication device;
(d) processing the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message in the processor to select a second connection coupled to the first telecommunications device and to the second telecommunications device;
(e) generating a first control message and a second control message indicating the second connection;
(f) transmitting the first control message from the processor to the first telecommunications device and transmitting the second control message from the processor to the second telecommunications device; and
(g) in the first telecommunications device, receiving the first control message and coupling the first connection to the second connection in response to the first control message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for processing telecommunications is signaling that comprises:
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a first telecommunications device coupled to a first connection and a second connection and configured to receive in-band telecommunications signaling, to convert the in-band telecommunications signaling to an out-of-band telecommunications signaling message and to transmit the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message, to receive a first control message, and to couple the first connection to the second connection in response to the first control message; and
a processor that is external to the first telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device and configured to receive the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message from the first telecommunications device and to process the out-of-band telecommunications signaling message to select the second connection, to generate the first control message and a second control message that indicate the second connection, and to transmit the first control message to the first telecommunications device and to transmit the second control message to a second telecommunications device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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