Transaction implementation in video dial tone network

A method of implementing transactions in an integrated communication system which includes:

• a plurality of telephone stations:
• a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched telephone call communications between at least two of said telephone stations;
• a service control point, separate from said central office switching systems, comprising a database storing call processing data associated with a plurality of said telephone stations for control of call processing through one or more of said central office switching systems;
• a peripheral platform connected to at least one of said central office switching systems via a telephone call connection channel, said peripheral platform comprising means for providing at least one auxiliary telephone call processing capabilities via said telephone call connection channel and including a storage for data;
• a signaling communication system separate from said trunk circuits for two-way communications of data messages between said central office switching systems, between said central office switching systems and said service control point, and between said peripheral platform and said service control point;
• a plurality of broadband information service provider systems, each service provider system being capable of transmitting broadband digital information;
• a plurality of terminals for transmitting control signals upstream in response to user inputs and for providing displays in response to received digital information;
• and
• a broadband communication network selectively providing broadband digital communications from said service provider systems to said terminals;
• wherein
• said peripheral platform receives at least some of said control signals from said terminals and controls at least some broadband operations of said integrated communication system in response to said control signals,
• said method comprising the steps of:
• (a) inputting a voice signal of a subscriber at one of said telephone stations to create a voice template and storing said template at said data storage at said peripheral platform at a specific address;
• (b) storing at said service control point data cross referencing said address with said inputting telephone station;
• (c) receiving control signals representing instructions responsive to a user request from said telephone station to initiate a transaction at said peripheral platform;
• (d) responsive to said received control signals retrieving said template from said data storage at such peripheral platform wherein said template is stored;
• (e) sending to the user who originated said request a signal to speak the audio utterance associated with the retrieved template at the time that the template was created;
• (f) receiving at said peripheral platform a signal resulting from said user who originated said request speaking said utterance;
• (g) comparing said received signal with said template and responsive to establishing a match initiating said transaction.