System and method for providing advanced telephony services using a virtual telephone number
First Claim
1. A system for providing advanced telephony service to a telephony device, comprising:
- a native transport network in communication with said telephony device and in communication with a service-providing network, the native transport network having limited capability of providing the advanced telephony service, the service-providing network providing the advanced telephony service; and
a database in communication with said native transport network, wherein the database associates a virtual telephone number with a dialed telephone number of the telephony device, the virtual telephone number utilizing the advanced telephony service provided by the service-providing network;
the native transport network routing a call directed to the virtual telephone number to the service-providing network; and
receiving the advanced telephony service from the service-providing network,wherein the service-providing network then routes the call to its terminating network destination.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing advanced telephony services to telephone numbers served by telecommunications networks lacking the infrastructure to provide these advanced services directly are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, a service-providing network, which has the capability of providing advanced telephony services to a service subscriber for calls that traverse it, provides advanced telephony services to calls directed to a telephony device on a native transport network. The native transport network is a network that naturally carries a subscriber'"'"'s calls but does not have the capabilities required to provide advanced services. In one embodiment, the system uses a virtual number to map a service in the service-provider network with a device in the native transport network.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for providing advanced telephony service to a telephony device, comprising:
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a native transport network in communication with said telephony device and in communication with a service-providing network, the native transport network having limited capability of providing the advanced telephony service, the service-providing network providing the advanced telephony service; and a database in communication with said native transport network, wherein the database associates a virtual telephone number with a dialed telephone number of the telephony device, the virtual telephone number utilizing the advanced telephony service provided by the service-providing network; the native transport network routing a call directed to the virtual telephone number to the service-providing network; and receiving the advanced telephony service from the service-providing network, wherein the service-providing network then routes the call to its terminating network destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing a service to a telephony device, comprising the steps of:
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associating a virtual telephone number in a service-providing network to a dialed telephone number in a native transport network, the native transport network having limited capability of providing advanced telephony service, the service-providing network providing the advanced telephony service, wherein the virtual telephone number utilizes the advanced telephony service provided by the service-providing network; routing a call directed to the virtual telephone number from the native transport network to the service-providing network; and receiving the advanced telephony service from the service-providing network, wherein the service-providing network then routes the call to its terminating network destination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing a service to a telephony device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call at a service-providing network, the call routed from a native transport network to a virtual telephone number, the native transport network having limited or no capability of providing advanced telephony service, the service-providing network providing the advanced telephony service; providing the advanced telephony service to the call; and routing the call from the service-providing network to a terminating network destination.
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24. A method for providing a service to a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving in an unintelligent wireless network a call directed to a dialed telephone number; when an advanced intelligent service is required, then associating a virtual telephone number in a wireline intelligent network to the dialed telephone number, the virtual telephone number utilizing the advanced intelligent service provided by the wireline intelligent network; routing the call from the unintelligent wireless network to the virtual telephone number in the wireline intelligent network for receiving the advanced intelligent service; receiving the call from the wireline intelligent network; and routing the call to the terminating wireless device in the unintelligent wireless network.
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