Loading patent…
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsVon K. McConnell, Thomas M. Sladek, Baoquan Zhang, Kenneth C. Jackson
Estimating the term…
A method and system for monitoring telecommunications traffic is disclosed. When a switch receives a call request, the switch sends a query message to a service controller. The service controller identifies the call request as a request to place a special service call and therefore returns to the switch a special service code, which causes the switch to route the call via a special looparound circuit to a destination. A signaling path associated with the looparound circuit passes through a designated network entity, which can therefore monitor the start and end of the call. An SCP or other network entity can then take appropriate action in response to the status of the call. The invention is particularly useful in facilitating robust account balance service such as prepaid calling.
In a telecommunications network of the type including a switch and a service controller, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, said switch and said service controller each being coupled to a signaling sub-network, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, a system for monitoring call traffic passing through said switch, said system comprising, in combination:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a switch and a service controller, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, said switch and said service controller each being coupled to a signaling sub-network, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, said switch and said service controller each being coupled to a signaling sub-network, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, said switch and said service controller each being coupled to a signaling sub-network, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:
In telecommunications network of the type including a plurality of stations, a switch, and a service controller, a system for monitoring call traffic passing through said switch, said system comprising, in combination:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.