Telecommunications service delivery
First Claim
1. Routing apparatus for selecting a route through a telecommunication system, said apparatus comprising:
- a telecommunications user means arranged;
(a) to generate a request for a telecommunications service, during a service provision set-up process, which request includes a field for one or more delivery format specifications; and
(b) to receive a plurality of telecommunications service offers and to select one thereof;
a plurality of telecommunications service supply means, each arranged;
(a) to receive the said request, (b) to generate an offer signal specifying a proposed delivery service;
(c) to receive an acceptance signal indicating acceptance thereof; and
, (d) on receipt thereof, to generate a service provision invitation, the service provision invitation including at least one of the delivery format specifications; and
a plurality of resource supplier means, each representing a communications resource, arranged to communicate with each of said service supply means, said resource supplier means being arranged to receive a said invitation to determine whether, on the basis of the at least one of the delivery format specifications, the communications resource it represents would contribute to the provision of the corresponding service; and
, if so, to signal this to the service supply means;
the service supply means being arranged, on the basis of signals from the resource supplier means, to select said route subsequent to the offer of said service.
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Abstract
Routing apparatus for a telecommunication system includes a telecommunications user apparatus arranged to generate a request for a telecommunications delivery service, to receive a plurality of telecommunications delivery service offers and to select one of them. The system also intends a plurality of telecommunication service supply apparatuses each arranged to receive one of the request to generate an offer signal specifying a proposed delivery service and to receive an acceptance signal indicating acceptance thereof and, on receipt thereof, to generate a service provision invitation. The system further provides a plurality of resource supplier apparatuses each representing a communications resource arranged to communicate with each of said service supply apparatuses. The resource supplier apparatus is arranged to receive an invitation to determine whether the telecommunications resource they represent would contribute to the provision of the corresponding service; and, if so, to signal this to the service supply apparatus. The service supply apparatus is arranged, on the basis of signals from the resource supplier apparatus to select the route subsequent to the offer of the service.
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12 Claims
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1. Routing apparatus for selecting a route through a telecommunication system, said apparatus comprising:
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a telecommunications user means arranged;
(a) to generate a request for a telecommunications service, during a service provision set-up process, which request includes a field for one or more delivery format specifications; and
(b) to receive a plurality of telecommunications service offers and to select one thereof;
a plurality of telecommunications service supply means, each arranged;
(a) to receive the said request, (b) to generate an offer signal specifying a proposed delivery service;
(c) to receive an acceptance signal indicating acceptance thereof; and
, (d) on receipt thereof, to generate a service provision invitation, the service provision invitation including at least one of the delivery format specifications; and
a plurality of resource supplier means, each representing a communications resource, arranged to communicate with each of said service supply means, said resource supplier means being arranged to receive a said invitation to determine whether, on the basis of the at least one of the delivery format specifications, the communications resource it represents would contribute to the provision of the corresponding service; and
, if so, to signal this to the service supply means;
the service supply means being arranged, on the basis of signals from the resource supplier means, to select said route subsequent to the offer of said service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of routing a call through a network comprising:
- providing a plurality of network managing means, each corresponding to a portion of the network, the network including a plurality of telecommunications resources;
a plurality of resource managing means each corresponding to one of said resources; and
a user representation means;
the method further comprising the steps of;issuing an offer signal to said representation means from one or more of said network managing means, during a service provision set-up process, which offer includes a field for one or more delivery format specifications;
accepting one of said offer signals by said user means;
issuing a service provision invitation signal to said resource managing means from the network management means from which the accepted offer signal originated;
issuing one or more respective resource offer signals from said resource managing means, the offer signal being dependent, at least in part, on the ability of the resource to which the resource managing means corresponds to deliver data in accordance with the or each delivery format specifications;
accepting some or all of said resource offer signals by said network managing means; and
routing of the signal via the resources corresponding to the accepted resource managing means.
- providing a plurality of network managing means, each corresponding to a portion of the network, the network including a plurality of telecommunications resources;
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