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US 6,643,282 B1Granted
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.
Claims37
A communication network comprising:
- a packet communication system configured to receive a user communication;
- a call processor configured to process a signaling message from a narrowband communication system to select a network code that identifies a network element to provide egress from the packet communication system for the user communication;
- an interface configured to receive the signaling message for the user communication from the narrowband communication system and transfer a control message indicating the network code to the packet communication system;
- and wherein
- the packet communication system is configured to use the network code to route the user communication through the packet communication system to the network element wherein the network element transfers the user communication to provide egress from the packet communication system.
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A communication network comprising:
- a packet communication system configured to receive a user communication;
- a call processor configured to select a network code that identifies a network element to provide egress from the packet communication system to a narrowband communication system for the user communication;
- an interface configured to transfer a control message indicating the network code from the processing system to the packet communication system and transfer a signaling message for the user communication from the processing system to the narrowband communication system;
- and
- the packet communication system is configured to use the network code to route the user communication through the packet communication system to the network element wherein the network element transfers the user communication to the narrowband communication system to provide egress from the packet communication system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.