Automatic in-line messaging system
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications network of the type comprising a serving system and a call-processing entity, the serving system serving a plurality of subscriber stations and, in response to a call-processing event associated with a call involving at least two parties, the serving system sending a signaling message to the call-processing entity, the signaling message defining information about the call-processing event, and the call-processing entity receiving the signaling message and responsively consulting service logic associated with at least a given one of the parties, the improvement comprising:
- connecting the call between the at least two parties; and
in accordance with the service logic, the call-processing entity generating a short message service (SMS) message and sending the SMS message to a predefined destination for receipt by a human at the destination, wherein the human is other than a party to the call, wherein generating the SMS message comprises (i) translating at least a portion of the information defined by the signaling message from a first type of information including a subscriber number into a second type of information including a subscriber name so as to produce translated information, and then (ii) combining a predefined text message with at least the translated information so as to establish a customized text message that includes information about the call-processing event, wherein the SMS message comprises the customized text message.
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Abstract
An automatic messaging system for a telecommunications network is disclosed. A call processing entity such as a switch or central control point recognizes a call-processing event and responsively generates and sends an informational message to a specified destination. The informational message may be a text description of the event, such as an indication that “calling party just placed a call to called party” or may take other forms, such as a video message, an audio message or a fax message.
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16 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications network of the type comprising a serving system and a call-processing entity, the serving system serving a plurality of subscriber stations and, in response to a call-processing event associated with a call involving at least two parties, the serving system sending a signaling message to the call-processing entity, the signaling message defining information about the call-processing event, and the call-processing entity receiving the signaling message and responsively consulting service logic associated with at least a given one of the parties, the improvement comprising:
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connecting the call between the at least two parties; and
in accordance with the service logic, the call-processing entity generating a short message service (SMS) message and sending the SMS message to a predefined destination for receipt by a human at the destination, wherein the human is other than a party to the call, wherein generating the SMS message comprises (i) translating at least a portion of the information defined by the signaling message from a first type of information including a subscriber number into a second type of information including a subscriber name so as to produce translated information, and then (ii) combining a predefined text message with at least the translated information so as to establish a customized text message that includes information about the call-processing event, wherein the SMS message comprises the customized text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a telecommunications network of the type comprising a serving system and a call-processing entity, the serving system serving a plurality of subscribers and, in response to a call-processing event associated with a call involving at least two parties, the serving system sending a signaling message to the call-processing entity, the signaling message defining information about the call-processing event, and the call-processing entity receiving the signaling message and responsively consulting service logic associated with at least a given one of the parties, the improvement comprising:
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connecting the call between the at least two parties; and
in accordance with the service logic, the call-processing entity generating an informational message and sending the informational message to a predefined destination for receipt by a human at the destination, the informational message including information about the call-processing event, wherein the human is other than a party to the call, wherein generating the informational message comprises (i) translating at least a portion of the information defined by the signaling message from a first type of information including a subscriber number into a second type of information including a subscriber name so as to produce translated information, and then (ii) combining a predefined message with at least the translated information so as to establish a customized message that includes information about the call-processing event, wherein the informational message comprises the customized message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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