Services node routing service
AssigneeSBC Properties, L.P.
InventorGayle R. Ekstrom
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Abstract
A method and system for treating telephone calls at a services node prior to completing the telephone call. The services node may provide a variety of services to treat the telephone call such as a Personal Access Service or playing a pre-recorded message. After treatment at the services node, the system recognizes that the telephone call has already been treated at a services node and the call is completed.
Claims28
A method of treating a telephone call prior to connecting the telephone call to a telephone number comprising the steps of:
- querying a service control point regarding the treatment of the telephone call at a services node;
- associating the telephone number with a services node;
- forwarding the telephone call to the services node for treatment;
- treating the telephone call at the services node;
- and
- completing the telephone call to the telephone number after treating the telephone call at the services node.
A method for using a services node to route a call from a calling party, the method comprising:
- (a) with a service switching point, receiving a call from a calling party, the call being associated with a called party number;
- (b) sending a query from the service switching point to a service control point;
- (c) sending an identification of a services node from the service control point to the service switching point;
- (d) with the service switching point, connecting the call to the services node;
- (e) with the services node, determining a terminating number;
- and
- (f) routing the call to the terminating number.
A system for routing a call from a calling party using a services node, the system comprising:
- a service switching point operative to receive a call from a calling party to a called party number;
- a services node coupled with the service switching point;
- and
- a service control coupled with the service switching point and operative to instruct the service switching point to route the call to the services node;
- wherein the services node is further operative to instruct the service switching point to route the call to a terminating number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.