Centralized service control for a telecommunication system
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1. A communication system comprising:
- a first switching system configured to receive and process a first communication request for a first communication to determine if the first communication request indicates a first route, if the first communication request does not indicate the first route, to transfer a first query message, receive and process a first response message indicating the first route, and transfer the first communication using the first route, and if the first communication request does indicate the first route, then to transfer the first communication using the first route;
a service control system configured to receive and process the first query message to generate and transfer the first response message indicating the first route; and
wherein the first route identifies one of a downstream switch, network element, connection, switch/trunk, and packet address.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a switching system and a service control system. The switching system receives and processes a communication request to transfer a query message. The service control system receives and processes the query message to generate and transfer a response message indicating a route. The switching system receives and processes the response message indicating the route and transfers a communication using the route. The service control system may process the query message with multiple parallel functions to generate an action message and process the action message to select the route.
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a first switching system configured to receive and process a first communication request for a first communication to determine if the first communication request indicates a first route, if the first communication request does not indicate the first route, to transfer a first query message, receive and process a first response message indicating the first route, and transfer the first communication using the first route, and if the first communication request does indicate the first route, then to transfer the first communication using the first route;
a service control system configured to receive and process the first query message to generate and transfer the first response message indicating the first route; and
wherein the first route identifies one of a downstream switch, network element, connection, switch/trunk, and packet address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication method comprising:
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in a first switching system, receiving and processing a first communication request for a first communication to determine if the first communication request indicates a first route;
in the first switching system, if the first communication request does indicate the first route, then transferring the first communication using the first route;
in the first switching system, if the first communication request does not indicate the first route, transferring a first query message, receiving and processing a first response message indicating the first route, and transferring the first communication using the first route;
in a service control system, receiving and processing the first query message to generate and transfer the first response message indicating the first route; and
wherein the first route identifies one of a one of a downstream switch, network element, connection, switch/trunk, and packet address. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A communication service control system comprising:
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a transaction agent processing system configured to process a first query message with a plurality of parallel functions to generate and transfer a first action message having data from the first query message, receive and process a return message indicating communication handling data to generate and transfer a response message indicating the communication handling data;
a transaction agent interface configured to receive the first query message, transfer the first action message, receive the return message, and transfer the response message. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A communication service control method comprising:
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receiving and processing a first query message with a plurality of parallel functions to generate and transfer a first action message having data from the first query message; and
receiving and processing a return message indicating communication handling data to generate and transfer a response message indicating the communication handling data. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A communication service control software product comprising:
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software configured to direct a processing system to receive and process a first query message with a plurality of parallel functions to generate and transfer a first action message having data from the first query message, and to receive and process a return message indicating communication handling data to generate and transfer a response message indicating the communication handling data; and
a storage system that stores the software. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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