Source and event based parameter determination

• US 7,796,643 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2007
• Issued: 09/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Zhang, Alex A., Hilyard, Trey A., Piercy, Larry H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho; Hong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cattungal; Ajay P
• Application Number:
  US11/682,923
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 370/401, 370352-356, 370/466, 370/467
• US Class Current: 370/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/129 Details of providing call progress tones or announcements

Abstract

A call processing system in a destination network associated with a destination signaling protocol comprises an interface configured to receive first signaling for a call placed by a user from a device in a source network, wherein the first signaling indicates a source signaling protocol associated with the source network, and a processor configured to determine a status for the call, determine an event by which the status is conveyed to the user based on the status, determine a parameter based on the event and the source signaling protocol, and generate second signaling indicating the parameter.

Claims

1. A call processing system in a destination network associated with a destination signaling protocol, the call processing system comprising:

an interface configured to receive first signaling for a first call placed by a first user from a first device in a first source network, wherein the first signaling indicates a first source signaling protocol associated with the first source network;

the interface further configured to receive second signaling for a second call placed by a second user from a second device in a second source network, wherein the second signaling indicates a second source signaling protocol associated with the second source network; and

a processor configured to determine a status for the first call, determine a first event by which the status for the first call is conveyed to the first user, determine a first parameter based on the first event and the first source signaling protocol, and generate third signaling indicating the first parameter;

the processor further configured to determine a status for the second call, determine a second event by which the status for the second call is conveyed to the second user, determine a second parameter based on the second event and the second source signaling protocol, and generate fourth signaling indicating the second parameter, wherein the second event is the same type of event as the first event and the second parameter is different than the first parameter.

2. The call processing system of claim 1 where the first source network generates event signaling based on the first parameter to trigger the first event on the first device.

3. The call processing system of claim 1 where the destination signaling protocol is different than the first source signaling protocol.

4. The call processing system of claim 3 where the destination signaling protocol is SS7 and the first source signaling protocol is SIP.

5. The call processing system of claim 3 where the destination signaling protocol is SS7 and the first source signaling protocol is H.323.

6. The call processing system of claim 5 where the second source signaling protocol is SIP.

7. A method of operating a call processing system in a destination network associated with a destination signaling protocol, the method comprising:

receiving first signaling for a first call placed by a first user from a first device in a first source network, wherein the first signaling identifies a first source signaling protocol;

receiving second signaling for a second call placed by a second user from a second device in a second source network, wherein the second signaling identifies a second source signaling protocol;

determining a status for the first call;

determining a first event by which the status for the first call is conveyed to the first user;

determining a first parameter based on the first event and the first source signaling protocol;

generating third signaling indicating the first parameter;

determining a status for the second call;

determining a second event by which the status for the second call is conveyed to the second user, wherein the second event is the same type of event as the first event;

determining a second parameter based on the second event and the second source signaling protocol, wherein the second parameter is different than the first parameter; and

generating fourth signaling indicating the second parameter.

8. The method of claim 7 where the first source network generates event signaling based on the first parameter to trigger the first event on the first device.

9. The method of claim 7 where the destination signaling protocol is different than the first source signaling protocol.

10. The method of claim 9 where the destination signaling protocol is SS7 and the first source signaling protocol is SIP.

11. The method of claim 9 where the destination signaling protocol is SS7 and the first source signaling protocol is H.323.

12. The method of claim 11 where the second source signaling protocol is SIP.

13. A communication network comprising:

a first source call processing system associated with a first source signaling protocol configured to receive a first call placed by a first user from a first source device in a first source network, generate a first signaling for the first call, wherein the first signaling identifies the first source signaling protocol, receive fourth signaling, and generate first event signaling based on a first parameter, whereby the first source device generates a first event;

a second source call processing system associated with a second source signaling protocol configured to receive a second call placed by a second user from a second source device in a second source network, generate a fifth signaling for the second call, wherein the fifth signaling identifies the second source signaling protocol, receive eighth signaling, and generate second event signaling based on a second parameter, whereby the second source device generates a second event which is the same type of event as the first event;

a gateway configured to receive the first signaling, generate a second signaling indicating the first source signaling protocol based on the first signaling, the first source signaling protocol, and a destination signaling protocol, receive third signaling, and generate the fourth signaling based on the third signaling, the first parameter, the destination signaling protocol and the first source signaling protocol;

the gateway further configured to receive the fifth signaling, generate a sixth signaling indicating the second source signaling protocol based on the fifth signaling, the second source signaling protocol, and the destination signaling protocol, receive seventh signaling, and generate the eighth signaling based on the seventh signaling, the second parameter, the destination signaling protocol and the second source signaling protocol; and

a destination call processing system configured to receive the second signaling, determine a status for the first call, determine the first event by which the status of the first call is conveyed to the first user, determine a first parameter based on the first event and the first source signaling protocol, and generate the third signaling indicating the first parameter;

the destination call processing system further configured to receive the sixth signaling, determine a status for the second call, determine the second event by which the status of the second call is conveyed to the second user, determine a second parameter based on the second event and the second source signaling protocol, and generate the seventh signaling indicating the second parameter, where the second parameter is different than the first parameter.