Telecommunications network
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1. A method operating a telecommunications network including:
- (a) in response to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal, pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal, (b) communicating, in the absence of an in-progress call, to the subscriber terminal data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed in step (a); and
(c) subsequently initiating a call from the subscriber terminal by dialling one of the short codes.
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Abstract
In a telecommunications network short dialling codes for a subscriber terminal are programmed by another party, and the allocation of codes is communicated to the user. An audio announcement played as part of the dial tone may be used to communication the allocation of codes.
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1. A method operating a telecommunications network including:
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(a) in response to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal, pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal, (b) communicating, in the absence of an in-progress call, to the subscriber terminal data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed in step (a); and
(c) subsequently initiating a call from the subscriber terminal by dialling one of the short codes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a telecommunications network including:
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(a) in response to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal, pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal;
(b) communicating, in the absence of an in-progress call, to the subscriber terminal data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed in step (a); and
(c) subsequently initiating a call from the subscriber terminal by dialling one of the short codes;
the step of pre-programming the network includes programming a number translation platform remote from the subscriber terminal with a plurality of different short dialling code allocations for a plurality of different terminals; and
transmitting from a management platform to the number translation platform instructions for determining the allocation of short dialling codes, and transmitting from the management platform to a local exchange the data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes for a respective subscriber terminal.
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12. A method of operating a telecommunications network including:
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(a) in response to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal, pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal;
(b) communicating, in the absence of an in-progress call, to the subscriber terminal data identifying the allocation dialling codes pre-programmed in step (a);
(c) subsequently initiating a call from the subscriber terminal by dialling one of the short codes; and
pre-programming different short dialling code allocation for different respective groups of subscribers in different subscriber categories. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A communications network including:
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(a) means responsive to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal for pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal, (b) for communicating the absence of an in-progress call, to the subscriber terminal data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed by the means responsive to instructions from a second party; and
(c) means responsive to a short code subsequently selected by the subscriber for connecting the subscriber to a destination number determined by the allocation of short dialling codes. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of operating a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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(a) in response to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber terminal, pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal;
(b) communicating to the subscriber terminal a dial tone, the dial tone offering data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed in step (a); and
(c) subsequently initiating a call from the subscriber terminal by dialling one of the short dialling codes.
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17. A telecommunications network comprising:
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(a) means responsive to instructions from a second party remote from a subscriber for pre-programming the network to respond to one or more short dialling codes from the subscriber terminal;
(b) means for communicating to the subscriber terminal a dial tone, the dial tone offering data identifying the allocation of short dialling codes pre-programmed by the means responsive to instructions from a second party; and
(c) means responsive to a short code subsequently selected by the subscriber for connecting the subscriber to a destination number determined by the allocation of short dialling codes.
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