System and method for servicing calls originating via the internet
First Claim
1. A method for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system, comprising:
- receiving a call request from a call origination station via the Internet, said call request including a service identifier corresponding to a service associated with at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service provided within said telecommunications system and a call termination address corresponding to a call termination station;
validating said call request within said telecommunications system;
initiating a communications link between said call origination station and a telephony server via the Internet in accordance with said service identifier;
initiating a telephony link between said telephony server and said call termination station based on said call termination address; and
coupling said communications link to said telephony link.
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Abstract
A system and method for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system includes and involves a client sub-system that is configured to generate a call request and to transmit the same via the Internet. The call request includes a call termination address and a service identifier. The call termination address corresponds to a call termination station that is coupled to a switching system that is coupled to the telecommunications system. Also included and involved is an intelligent services network that is coupled to the client sub-system via the Internet and which is operative to receive and validate the call request and to process the call request in accordance with the service identifier. A telephony gateway sub-system is coupled to the intelligent services network via the switching system and to the client sub-system via the Internet. The telephony gateway sub-system is operative to communicate with the intelligent services network via the switching system to cause the intelligent services network to initiate a call to the termination address via the switching system and to couple the call to the client sub-system.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system, comprising:
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receiving a call request from a call origination station via the Internet, said call request including a service identifier corresponding to a service associated with at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service provided within said telecommunications system and a call termination address corresponding to a call termination station; validating said call request within said telecommunications system; initiating a communications link between said call origination station and a telephony server via the Internet in accordance with said service identifier; initiating a telephony link between said telephony server and said call termination station based on said call termination address; and coupling said communications link to said telephony link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system, comprising:
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a client sub-system configured to generate a call request and to transmit said call request via the Internet, said call request including a call termination address and a service identifier associated with at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service, said call termination address corresponding to a call termination station coupled to a switching system within said telecommunication system;
an intelligent services network coupled to said client sub-system via the Internet and operative to receive and validate said call request and to process said call request in accordance with said service identifier; anda telephony gateway sub-system coupled to said intelligent services network via said switching system and to said client sub-system via the Internet, said telephony gateway sub-system operative to communicate with said intelligent services network via said switching system to cause said intelligent services network to initiate a call to said termination address via said switching system and to couple said call to said client sub-system via the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for processing a call within a telecommunications system, comprising:
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an intelligent services sub-system configured to receive and validate a call request including a call termination address and a service identifier from a telephony station via the Internet and to process said call request in accordance with said service identifier, the service identifier being associated with at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service; and a telephony gateway sub-system coupled to said intelligent services sub-system via a switching system accessible within said telecommunications system and to said telephony station via the Internet, said telephony gateway sub-system configured to communicate with said intelligent services sub-system via said switching system to cause said intelligent services sub-system to initiate a call to said call termination address via said switching system and coupling said call to said telephony station. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for servicing a call originating on the Internet, comprising:
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a data storage device storing a service address and a service record identifier, said service address corresponding to a call service system comprising at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service, said service record identifier corresponding to a service record maintained by said call service system, said service record including a call termination address; and a processor coupled to said data storage device and operative to receive a request to initiate a call from a telephony station via the Internet, to cause said call service system to retrieve said service record based on said service record identifier, to cause said call service system to determine said call termination address from said service record, to cause said call service system to initiate a call to said call termination address via a switched telephony network, and to cause said call service system to couple said telephony station to said call service system. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for servicing a call request within a telecommunications system, comprising:
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a client sub-system configured to generate a call request and to transmit said call request via the Internet, said call request including a call termination address and a service identifier, the service identifier being associated with at least one of a collect call service, a 1-800 service, or a debit card service, said call termination address corresponding to a call termination station within said telecommunications system; an intelligent services network coupled to said client sub-system via the Internet and operative to receive and validate said call request and to process said call request in accordance with said service identifier; and a telephony gateway sub-system coupled to said intelligent services network via a switching system and to said client sub-system via the Internet, said telephony gateway sub-system operative to initiate a call to said intelligent services network via said switching system to cause said intelligent services network to establish a communications link with said call termination station based on said call termination address and to couple said client sub-system to said call termination station. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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