Internet based service control system allows telecommunications subscriber modifies telecommunications services through an internet gateway

Claim 1

In a telecommunications network providing advanced intelligent network services, a system for enabling a telecommunications subscriber having an Internet web browser to directly access information about the subscriber's telecommunications services and to modify those services, said system comprising: a subscriber workstation for inputting requests to access telecommunications service-information and to modify telecommunications services, and for displaying service-information results and service-modification results; an Internet gateway for accepting the service-information access requests and service-modification requests from said subscriber workstation and for passing the service-information results and service-modification results to said subscriber, the Internet gateway comprising a web server and an application engine; and a plurality of telecommunications network means connected to said Internet gateway, said means comprising a service creation application, a service activation control system, and an integrated services control point/node, and each of said means individually for accepting the service-information access requests and service-modification requests from said Internet gateway, for executing the service-information access requests and service-modification requests, and for returning the service-information results and service-modification results to said Internet gateway.