Method of altering the destination telephone number of an incoming call

Claim 3

The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of initiating a data transaction comprises sending a second query to the broadband network to determine whether said customer is receiving a video event.

Claim 4

The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of sending a query to the services control point comprises sending a query when the narrowband call is received in said switch.

Claim 5

The method according to claim 3, wherein said services control point performs said step of initiating a data transaction.

Claim 6

The method according to claim 4, wherein said services control point performs said step of initiating a data transaction by sending a second query to an addressable set-top box of said customer.

Claim 7

The method according to claim 5, wherein said services control point sends said data associated with said incoming narrowband call to said addressable set-top box when said set-top box responds to said second query by indicating that the customer is receiving a video event.

Claim 8

The method according to claim 6, wherein said addressable set-top box is responsive to said data associated with said incoming narrowband call to display a display message, receive selections made by the customer on a remote control of said addressable set-top box and send a control message to the services control point indicating instructions corresponding to the selections made by the customer.

Claim 9

The method according to claim 7, wherein said data associated with said incoming narrowband call includes said calling number and said display message includes said calling number.

Claim 10

The method according to claim 7, wherein the services control point retrieves at least a portion of the data associated with said incoming narrowband call from a remote database and wherein, if the data associated with said incoming narrowband call includes the calling number, then the display message includes the calling number, and if the data associated with said incoming narrowband call does not include the calling number, then the display message does not include the calling number.

Claim 11

The method according to claim 5, wherein said addressable set top box formats said data into a textual message and sends said textual message to the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 12

The method according to claim 10, wherein said addressable set-top box overlays said textual message on the broadband information from said broadband network displayed on said the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 13

The method according to claim 10, wherein said broadband network comprises a broadband video network, said broadband information comprises broadband video information and said addressable set-top box scrolls said textual message across the broadband video information from said broadband video network displayed on the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 14

The method according to claim 6, wherein said services control point comprises an integrated services control point and wherein said method comprises the further step of sending a message from the services control point to the switch in the narrowband network after said set-top box responds to said second query from the services control point by indicating that it is turned on.

Claim 15

The method according to claim 13, wherein said data associated with said incoming telephone call is displayed before said narrowband call is connected.

Claim 16

The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of detecting the incoming narrowband call for the customer's narrowband equipment comprises detecting a terminating trigger event which causes said switch to send a query to the service control point in response to the receipt of said telephone call.

Claim 17

The method according to claim 15, wherein the terminating trigger event is a terminating attempt trigger.

Claim 18

The method according to claim 1, wherein the switch detects a calling number of said incoming narrowband call using calling number information from signalling messages used to set up the incoming narrowband call.

Claim 19

The method according to claim 17, wherein the switch detects the calling number using automatic number identification.

Claim 20

The method according to claim 1, wherein the data associated with said incoming narrowband call includes the calling number.

Claim 21

The method according to claim 19, wherein said services control point sends said calling number to said addressable set-top box when the customer is receiving a video event.

Claim 22

The method according to claim 20, wherein said addressable set-top box is responsive to said calling number to display a display message including said calling number, receive selections made by the customer on a remote control of said addressable set-top box and send a control message to the services control point indicating instructions corresponding to the selections made by the customer.

Claim 23

The method according to claim 20, wherein said addressable set top box formats said calling number into a textual message and sends said textual message to the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 24

The method according to claim 22, wherein said addressable set-top box overlays said textual message on the broadband information from said broadband network displayed on said the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 25

The method according to claim 22, wherein said broadband network comprises a broadband video network, said broadband information comprises broadband video information and said addressable set-top box scrolls said textual message across the broadband video information from said broadband video network displayed on the broadband premises equipment of said customer.

Claim 26

The method according to claim 20, wherein said calling number is displayed before said narrowband call is connected.

Claim 27

The method according to claim 19, wherein the switch detects a calling number of said incoming narrowband call using calling number information from signalling messages used to set up the incoming narrowband call.

Claim 28

The method according to claim 26, wherein the switch detects the calling number using automatic number identification.

Claim 29

An advanced intelligent network providing narrowband and broadband communications to a customer, said network comprising: a narrowband network for narrowband communications having at least one signal switching office and a signaling system, said one signal switching office for routing narrowband calls and detecting a narrowband call to said customer and a calling number corresponding to the narrowband call on a call-by-call basis; a broadband network, said customer having video equipment, including at least a video display, connected to said broadband network; a services control point, operative to execute network service logic programs for routing narrowband communications in said narrowband network, at least one of said network service logic programs being responsive to a query from said at least one signal switching office containing the calling number corresponding to said narrowband call, for instructing the services control point to initiate a data transaction to send data to the broadband network, the data including calling party information; and an addressable set-top box, connected to said video display for receiving broadband video information from said broadband network and said data including calling party information from said services control point, said set-top box displaying said data including the calling party information and a prompt, prompting the customer to enter a response, on said display device, and forwarding a message to said services control point indicative of said response, said services control point executing a service logic program for routing said incoming narrowband call in accordance with said message.

Claim 30

An advanced intelligent network providing narrowband and broadband communications to a customer, said network comprising: a narrowband network for narrowband communications having at least one signal switching office and a signaling system, said one signal switching office for routing narrowband calls and detecting a narrowband call to said customer and a calling number corresponding to the narrowband call on a call-by-call basis; a broadband network, said customer having video equipment, including at least a video display, connected to said broadband network; a services control point, operative to execute network service logic programs for routing narrowband communications in said narrowband network, at least one of said network service logic programs being responsive to a query from said at least one signal switching office containing the calling number corresponding to said narrowband call, for instructing the services control point to initiate a data transaction to send data to the broadband network, the data including calling party information; and an addressable set-top box, connected to said video display for receiving broadband video information from said broadband network and said data including calling party information from said services control point, said set-top box displaying said data including the calling party information and a prompt, prompting the customer to enter a response, on said display device, and forwarding a message to said services control point indicative of said response, said services control point executing a service logic program for routing said incoming narrowband call in accordance with said message.

Claim 31

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 28, wherein said calling party information is stored in the network.

Claim 32

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 29, wherein said network further comprises a line identification database, said calling party information is stored in said line identification database and at least one of said network service logic programs contains instructions instructing the services control point to directly query said line identification database to obtain said calling party information based on the calling number and initiating the data transaction when the line identification database responds to the query with the calling party information.

Claim 33

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 28, wherein said services control point contains default service logic to be executed in the absence of a message from said set-top box.

Claim 34

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 31, wherein said interface point comprises a level 1 gateway.

Claim 35

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 31, wherein said network further comprises an interface point for interfacing said addressable set-top box and said services control point.

Claim 36

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 33, wherein said interface point comprises software resident in said addressable set-top box.

Claim 37

An advanced intelligent network as recited in claim 31, wherein said addressable set top box formats said calling party information into a textual message and wherein said prompt comprises a menu of options for rerouting of said narrowband call.

Claim 38

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 35, wherein said menu of options contains an option for forwarding said narrowband call to a pre-stored telephone number.

Claim 39

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 35, wherein said menu of options contains options for blocking said narrowband call and for completing said narrowband call.

Claim 40

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 35, wherein said customer enters a response using a remote control of said set-top box.

Claim 41

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 33, wherein said services control point sends a message from the services control point to the switch in the narrowband network after said set top box forwards said message to the services control point indicating that the customer has entered a response.

Claim 42

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 39, wherein said calling party information and said prompt are displayed before said narrowband call is connected.

Claim 43

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 28, wherein said one signal switching office detects a trigger event on the narrowband call.

Claim 44

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 41, wherein the trigger event comprises a terminating attempt trigger.

Claim 45

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 28, wherein said network further comprises a line identification database connected to said services control point.

Claim 46

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 43, wherein said calling party information includes information from said line identification database.

Claim 47

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 43, wherein said calling party information includes said calling number corresponding to the narrowband call.

Claim 48

An advanced intelligent network according to claim 28, wherein said video display comprises a television screen.