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US 7,127,055 B2Granted
Internationally accessible communications
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorWarren B. Cope
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AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorWarren B. Cope
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A call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, wherein the call processing system comprises a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an international country code, and a processing system configured to process the international code to select one of the remote processors from the plurality of remote processors. The processing system is further configured to transfer a remote processor query to the one remote processor and process a remote processor response from the one remote processor to transfer a routing instruction for the call to the routing system.
A method of operating a call processing system comprising a routing system and a Service Control Point (SCP) that is configured to communicate with more than one remote processors, the method comprising:
A call processing system that is configured to communicate with more than one remote processors, the call processing system comprising:
A software product for a Service Control Point (SCP) wherein the SCP is configured to receive an SCP query indicating a called number including an international country code, transfer a remote processor query to one of more than one remote processors, receive a remote processor response from the one remote processor, and transfer a routing instruction, the software product comprising:
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FIG. 1 illustrates a call processing system in an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates the operation of a call processing system in an embodiment of the invention.
FIGS. 1–8 and the following description depict specific embodiments of the invention to teach those skilled in the art how to make and use the best mode of the invention. For the purpose of teaching inventive principles, some conventional aspects have been simplified or omitted. Those skilled in the art will appreciate variations from these embodiments that fall within the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the features described below can be combined in various ways to form multiple embodiments of the invention. As a result, the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described below, but only by the claims and their equivalents.
First Embodiment Configuration and Operation—FIGS. 1–3
FIG. 1 illustrates communication system 100 in an embodiment of the invention. Caller 101 is connected to communication network 110. Communication network 110 is connected to call processing system 120. Communication network 110 is also connected to destination 140. Call processing system 120 is connected to one or more remote processors (RPs), including RPs 131, 132, 133. RP 133 is controlled by destination 140. Communication network 110 represents a collection of Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs). Call processing system 120 could include a Service Control Point (SCP) or a similar processing system.