System and method for provision of a second line service to a telecommunications device using dialed trigger sequence/direct dial

A method for completing the setup of a communication channel at least partially through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the setup being initiated from an originating station and directed to a terminating destination, the method comprising:

• receiving an SLS subscriber initiated communication at an SSP switch within the PSTN, the SLS subscriber initiated communication being sent from an originating station through a Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) to the SSP switch, and the SLS subscriber initiated communication comprising a trigger and a called directory number;
• the SSP switch determining that the directory number is a 10 digit telephone number;
• the SSP switch determining that the trigger is a request for an SLS call;
• the SSP switch transmitting, based at least in part on the trigger, a query message directly to an SLS platform that is communicatively coupled to the SSP switch without going through a Service Control Point (SCP);
• the SSP switch receiving a reply to the query message directly from the SLS platform, the reply identifying an SLS number to be identified as an originating number for the SLS subscriber initiated communication;
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• establishing a communication channel setup through the SSP switch-, based at least in part on the reply to the query message, wherein establishing the communication channel comprises connecting through the SSP switch a voice channel circuit between the originating station and a terminating destination with the SLS number.

A method for completing the setup of a communication channel at least partially through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the setup being initiated from an originating station and directed to a terminating destination, the method comprising:

• receiving an SLS subscriber targeted communication at a first SSP switch within the PSTN, the SLS subscriber targeted communication being sent from an originating station through a Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) to the first SSP switch, and the SLS subscriber targeted communication comprising a called directory number;
• the first SSP switch determining that the directory number is serviced by a second SSP switch and routing the SLS subscriber targeted communication to the second SSP switch;
• the second SSP switch determining that directory number is an SLS number serviced by an SLS platform communicatively coupled to the second SSP switch;
• the second SSP switch transmitting a query message directly to the SLS platform without going through a Service Control Point (SCP);
• the second SSP switch receiving a reply to the query message directly from the SLS platform, the reply identifying destination number associated with the SLS number;
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• establishing a communication channel setup through the SSP switch, based at least in part on the reply to the query message, wherein establishing the communication channel comprises connecting through the first SSP switch and the second SSP switch a voice channel circuit between the originating station and a terminating destination and providing information to the terminating destination that the SLS subscriber targeted communication is associated with the SLS number.

A method for routing communications between an originating station and a terminating destination through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) utilizing a second line service (SLS) number provided to a subscriber, the terminating station having a directory number associated therewith, the method comprising the actions of:

• receiving an SLS subscriber bound communication at a Service Switching Point (SSP) switch within the PSTN, the SLS subscriber bound communication being directed to an SLS subscriber from an originating station and comprising an SLS number, the SLS number being associated with the SLS subscriber;
• parsing the SLS subscriber bound communication at the SSP switch;
• transmitting from the SSP switch a query message directly to the SLS platform that is communicatively coupled to the SSP switch without going through a Service Control Point (SCP);
• receiving at the SSP switch a reply to the query message directly from the SLS platform without going through the SCP, the reply identifying a directory number associated with a terminating destination that is associated with SLS number;
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• routing the communication through the SSP switch, based at least in part on the reply to the query message, wherein routing the communication comprises connecting through the SSP switch, a voice channel circuit terminating at the terminating destination associated with directory number and the SSP switch sending information to the terminating destination to indicate that the call is directed to the SLS number identified in the SLS subscriber bound communication.