Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A gateway for providing an entry point for SS7 queries for both domestic and foreign cards and number validation from a signaling transfer point (STP) of a telecommunications network, comprising: first means for receiving said queries for validation and transmitting responses to said queries; means for sending alarm data to an administration system when an error occurs at the gateway; and means for collecting operational measurements (OMs) and send the OMs to a server means periodically.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
A gateway for providing an entry point for SS7 queries for both domestic and foreign cards and number validation from a signaling transfer point (STP) of a telecommunications network, comprising: first means for receiving said queries for validation and transmitting responses to said queries; means for sending alarm data to an administration system when an error occurs at the gateway; and means for collecting operational measurements (OMs) and send the OMs to a server means periodically.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The gateway of claim 1, wherein said first means further comprises: converter means for translating, reformatting and sending data from at least one query resulting from at least one call originated by a caller to said server means for validation, said one query being a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) message.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
The gateway of claim 2, wherein said converter means further receives said one query originating from said caller via said STP, said one query having a number of SS7 layers, said converter means breaking said SS7 layers of said query so as to check for valid formatting and contents at the message transfer part (MTP) and signaling call connection part (SCCP) layers of said each query, said converter means further checking said TCAP message to see if it is valid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The gateway of claim 1, wherein said first means further generates messages, with fields from said TCAP query, to be sent to said server means in an internetwork packet exchange-line information database (IPX-LIDB) query packet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The gateway of claim 4, wherein said first means further accepts a response packet from said server means in response to said one query and builds a TCAP response, and forwards said TCAP response to said STP with the called number in said SCCP layer and containing the call party address of said originating caller.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
94 words
In a gateway for providing an entry point for SS7 queries for both domestic and foreign cards and number validation from a signaling transfer point (STP) of a telecommunications network, a method of receiving and responding to said queries resulting from calls placed by callers via said gateway comprising the steps of: (a) receiving said queries for validation and transmitting responses to said queries; (b) sending alarm data to an administration system when an error occurs at the gateway; and (c) collecting operational measurements (OMs) and send the OMs to a server means periodically.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
94 words
In a gateway for providing an entry point for SS7 queries for both domestic and foreign cards and number validation from a signaling transfer point (STP) of a telecommunications network, a method of receiving and responding to said queries resulting from calls placed by callers via said gateway comprising the steps of: (a) receiving said queries for validation and transmitting responses to said queries; (b) sending alarm data to an administration system when an error occurs at the gateway; and (c) collecting operational measurements (OMs) and send the OMs to a server means periodically.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said step (a) further comprises the steps of: translating, reformatting and sending data from at least one query resulting from at least one call originated by a caller to said server means for validation, said one query being a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) message.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of: receiving said one query originating from said caller via said STP, said one query having a number of SS7 layers; breaking said SS7 layers of said query; checking for valid formatting and contents at the message transfer part (MTP) and signaling call connection part (SCCP) layers of said each query; and checking said TCAP message to see if it is valid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of: generating messages with fields from said TCAP query; and sending said generated messages to said server means in an internetwork packet exchange-line information database (IPX-LIDB) query packet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: accepting a response packet from said server means in response to said one query; building a TCAP response; and forwarding said TCAP response to said STP with the called number in said SCCP layer and containing the call party address of said originating caller.