Distributed call progress tone detection system and method of operation thereof
First Claim
1. A distributed call progress tone detection system couplable to a packet network, comprising:
- a switching partition couplable to said packet network and including;
line interface modules configured to provide an interface to corresponding access nodes,a call progress tone detector configured to perform call progress tone detection analysis and generate an indication thereof, andan input-output distributor configured to employ a circuit to interconnect said call progress tone detector and a first of said line interface modules to allow said call progress tone detector to perform said call progress tone detection analysis with respect to said first of said line interface modules; and
a main control unit configured to receive requests from an application over said packet network, transmit call and control processing commands to said switching partition, create an interconnection between said first of said line interface modules and a second of said line interface modules based on said indication and notify said application of said interconnection.
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Abstract
A distributed call progress tone detection system and method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the system includes a switching partition having line interface modules, a call progress tone detector configured to perform call progress tone detection analysis, and an input-output distributor configured to employ a circuit to interconnect the call progress tone detector and a first of the line interface modules. The system further includes a main control unit configured to receive requests from an application over a packet network, transmit call and control processing commands to the switching partition, create an interconnection between the first of the line interface modules and a second of the line interface modules based on an indication generated by the call progress tone detector and notify the application of the interconnection.
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1. A distributed call progress tone detection system couplable to a packet network, comprising:
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a switching partition couplable to said packet network and including; line interface modules configured to provide an interface to corresponding access nodes, a call progress tone detector configured to perform call progress tone detection analysis and generate an indication thereof, and an input-output distributor configured to employ a circuit to interconnect said call progress tone detector and a first of said line interface modules to allow said call progress tone detector to perform said call progress tone detection analysis with respect to said first of said line interface modules; and a main control unit configured to receive requests from an application over said packet network, transmit call and control processing commands to said switching partition, create an interconnection between said first of said line interface modules and a second of said line interface modules based on said indication and notify said application of said interconnection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A distributed call progress tone detection system couplable to a packet network, comprising:
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a switching partition means couplable to said packet network and including; line interface means that provides an interface to corresponding access nodes, a call progress tone detection means that performs call progress tone detection analysis and generates an indication thereof, and an input-output distributor means that employs a circuit means to interconnect said call progress tone detection means and a first of said line interface means to allow said call progress tone detection means to perform said call progress tone detection analysis with respect to said first of said line interface means; and a main control unit means that receives requests from an application means over said packet network, transmits call and control processing commands to said switching partition means, creates an interconnection between said first of said line interface means and a second of said line interface means based on said indication and notify said application means of said interconnection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An enterprise call center with call progress tone detection coupled to a packet network, comprising:
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switching partitions coupled to said packet network and including; line interface modules that provide an interface to corresponding access nodes, a call progress tone detector that performs call progress tone detection analysis and generates an indication thereof, and an input-output distributor that employs a circuit to interconnect said call progress tone detector and a first of said line interface modules to allow said call progress tone detector to perform said call progress tone detection analysis with respect to said first of said line interface modules; a primary main control unit associated with a first location and coupled to said packet network; and a secondary main control unit associated with a second location and coupled to said packet network, at least one of said primary and secondary main control units receiving requests from an application over said packet network, transmitting call and control processing commands to at least one of said switching partitions, creating an interconnection between said first of said line interface modules and an agent coupled to one of said line interface modules in one of said switching partitions based on said indication and notifing said application of said interconnection. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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