Handling communications between stations in a digital telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A method of handling communications with stations in a communications system, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a request for communications with a communications station;
b) forwarding said request to said station;
c) returning an intended response;
d) determining whether said intended response is inappropriate; and
whenever said intended response is determined inappropriate,e) returning to said station an indication that said intended response is inappropriate.
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Abstract
A method and program product for handling communications with stations in communications systems, especially digital telecommunications systems, such as for VoIP telephony. Requests are received for communicating with communications stations in the communications system. Each request is forwarded to a respective communications system station, which returns an indication of an intended response. Depending upon whether the intended response is appropriate, the proposed response may be forwarded to the requester. Otherwise, if the intended response is determined inappropriate, an indication is returned to the communications system station that the intended response is inappropriate.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of handling communications with stations in a communications system, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a request for communications with a communications station; b) forwarding said request to said station; c) returning an intended response; d) determining whether said intended response is inappropriate; and
whenever said intended response is determined inappropriate,e) returning to said station an indication that said intended response is inappropriate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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a) receive requests for communications with communications stations; b) forward received said requests to endpoints, each intended one of said communications stations being at a corresponding endpoint; c) receive responses from said endpoints, each received response including an intended response to a forwarded request; and d) indicate to each of said endpoints whether a corresponding said intended response is appropriate, appropriate responses being handled normally, each said corresponding endpoint indicated to be providing an inappropriate said intended response responding with an alternate response. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating an endpoint in a digital communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) receive requests for communications with a network station at said endpoint; b) determining an intended response to said received request; c) returning a consultation message indicating said intended response to an applications server; d) receiving an indication from said applications server that said intended response is not allowed; and e) returning an alternate intended response in a message to said applications server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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