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US 6,185,219 B2Granted
Method, system and apparatus for telecommunications control
AssigneeSprint Communications Company, L. P.
InventorJoseph Michael Christie
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method, system, and apparatus for providing communication control. The invention includes a method in which signaling is processed externally to a switch before it is applied by the network elements. The processor is able to select network characteristics and signal the network elements based the selections. A network employing the processing method is also included, as well as a signaling system that employs the processing method.
Claims86
A method for processing messages for a call, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a set-up message for the call into a processor, wherein the processor is external to devices on a communications path for the call;
- (b) processing the set-up message in the processor to select at least one characteristic for the communications path for the call;
- (c) generating a first instruction message in the processor that incorporates the selected characteristic;
- (d) transmitting the first instruction message from the processor for at least one of the devices on the communications path;
- (e) receiving a release message for the call into the processor;
- (f) processing the release message in the processor to generate a second instruction message for the call;
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- (g) transmitting the second instruction message from the processor for the device on the communications path.
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