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Method of providing a signaling qualification function in a connection oriented network

  • US 6,724,723 B1
  • Filed: 05/26/1999
  • Issued: 04/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a signaling qualification function for connection requests in a connection oriented network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • configuring a network element with a qualification database comprising one or more qualification functions;

    configuring the network element with an action database comprising one or more action functions;

    comprising said qualification functions in said qualification database against the contents of a call connection request message, each positive comparison generating a match;

    performing an action associated with the qualification function corresponding to each match generated; and

    providing an information element to be included with said connection request message sent to a next hog network element, said information element providing an indication of whether a particular action was performed for that particular connection.

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