Method for handling telecommunications connections via a public exchange
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsNorbert Keusch, Robert Rötz
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Abstract
Subscriber identity is determined when the public exchange has no information regarding the identity of the subscriber. When a subscriber accesses a telephone function of a system coupled to the public exchange, the system develops a relationship between a component of the system allocated to the subscriber and the identity of the subscriber. The identity is then forwarded to the public exchange. In a mail message system, the subscriber accesses his or her mail, and the system determines from the account, a relationship between an identity and a caller. The identity of the subscriber may be employed to activate a monitoring system. In another aspect, the identity of the subscriber may be employed for a point of service provider to the Internet.
Claims18
A system for handling telecommunications, comprising:
- a public exchange through which telecommunications traffic is handled in a standard manner, wherein the public exchange does not contain identification information regarding the subscribers;
- terminal equipment utilized by a plurality of telecommunications subscribers connected to the public exchange;
- a telephone function system coupled to the public exchange for providing a telephone function, including components allocated to specific subscribers;
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- a table coupled to the public exchange for identifying subscribers that are to be monitored as required by communications law,
- wherein, when a particular subscriber queries the telephone function system to activate the telephone function, the terminal equipment requests to access an allocated component to the system in order to engage the telephone function of the telephone function system,
- wherein, in response to querying the allocated component, the telephone function system produces a relationship between the allocated component and an identity of the particular subscriber based on subscriber information stored in the telephone function system, and
- wherein the identity of the particular subscriber is forwarded to the public exchange, and the public exchange uses the table to determine whether the particular subscriber is to be monitored.
A method for handling telecommunications in a network including a public exchange through which telecommunications traffic is handled in a standard manner, terminal equipment utilized by a plurality of telecommunications subscribers connected to the public exchange, wherein the public exchange does not contain identification information regarding the subscribers, a telephone function system coupled to the public exchange for providing a telephone function, including components allocated to specific subscribers, and a table coupled to the public exchange for identifying subscribers that are to be monitored, the method comprising the steps of:
- the terminal accessing the allocated component of the telephone function system in response to a particular subscriber querying the telephone function system to activate the telephone function of the terminal equipment;
- in response to the information identifying the allocated component, the telephone function system producing a relationship between the identified component and an identity of the particular subscriber based on subscriber information stored in the telephone function system as required by communications law;
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- forwarding the identity of the particular subscriber to the public exchange, wherein the public exchange determines whether the particular subscriber is to be monitored according to information in the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.