US 2008/0192920 A1 · SERVICE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

Abstract

A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network elements via a switching and signaling subsystem. The system provides and controls the various functions of the telecommunications network, such as call processing and routing, automatic fault detections and correction, providing services to customers in an interactive manner, fraud detection and control, identification of patterns of abuse of the network, collecting data regarding call activity at each network element, and producing a record of each call placed within the network.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for servicing a telephone call made in a telecommunications network, comprising:

an interconnect bus;
a database for storing processing and routing information relating to the telephone call, said database in communication with said interconnect bus;
a processor in communication with said interconnect bus;
a communications unit in communication with a plurality of interconnected network elements in the telecommunications network and in communication with said interconnect bus;
and
an information packet associated with the telephone call, said information packet containing data which supports at least one function of the apparatus, said information packet being transmitted from at least one of the plurality of interconnected network elements to said communications unit.

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A method of establishing a through path for a call which traverses a plurality of interconnected network elements within a telecommunications network, comprising:

detecting by an originating network element a request message indicating that the call has been initiated;
copying the request message;
forwarding the request message to succeeding interconnected network elements in the through path;
appending a set of transaction information to the copied request message, so that the transaction information and the copied request message form an information packet;
including in the information packet an indication that the originating network element desires instructions regarding processing and routing of the call;
forwarding the information packet from the originating network element to a communications unit;
and
utilizing a database in communication with the communications unit to determine the required processing and routing of the call based on the contents of the information packet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Service and information management system for a telecommunications network

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Service and information management system for a telecommunications network

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