Signalling gateway
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPhilippe Bouckaert, Stephane Barbier, Didier Desiderio
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Abstract
A signalling gateway for connecting a first network to a second network, the signalling gateway being operable to, receive a signalling message from the first network, the message comprising destination information, read the destination information and, where the destination information corresponds to a predetermined value, forward the message to one of a first entity on the first network and a second entity on the second network in accordance with a distribution rule.
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A signalling gateway for connecting a first network to a second network, the signalling gateway being operable to;
- receive a message from the first network, the message comprising destination information,
- read the destination information and, where the destination information corresponds to a predetermined value,
- forward the message to one of a first entity on the first network and a second entity on the second network in accordance with a distribution rule.
A method of handling messages between a first network and a second network, comprising the steps of;
- receiving a message from the first network, the message comprising destination information,
- reading the destination information and, where the destination information corresponds to a predetermined value,
- forwarding the message to one of a first entity on the first network and a second entity on the second network in accordance with a distribution rule.
A control element for a signalling gateway, the control element being operable to receive a message comprising destination information,
- the control element being operable to select one of a first entity on a first network and a second entity on a second network in accordance with a distribution rule, and
- retrieve further destination information corresponding to the selected one of the first entity and second entity.
A signalling gateway for connecting a first network to a second network, the signalling gateway being operable to receive a message from the first network, the message comprising destination information,
- the signalling gateway comprising
- reading means for reading the destination information and generating an output, and
- control means, identified by a predetermined value of the output, for selecting one of a first entity on the first network and a second entity on the second network
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.