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Programmable call processing system and method
Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing Inc
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Filing: 1999-07-13
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Granted: 2001-06-05
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Expires: 2019-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A programmable call processing system ( 52 ) provides a standard call processing process ( 80 ) performing call processing according to industry standard call models, at least one database ( 84, 86 ) storing call processing data accessible by the set of standard call processing process ( 80 ), and at least one customized call logic program ( 92 ) for implementing extended subscriber features on the telecommunications switching system ( 10, 30 ). Further, an application program interface ( 56, 94 ) provides access by the at least one customized call logic program ( 92 ) to the at least one call processing database ( 84, 86 ) and further interrupting the standard call processing process ( 80 ) to execute the customized call logic program ( 92 ).
Inventors
- 👤 James L. Bunch
- 👤 Ronald A. Iovine
- 👤 Samuel O. Perry, III
- 👤 Leo J. Putchinski
- 👤 Walter C. Robertson, Jr.
- 👤 Ronald L. Ward
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 14:24
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/42; H04Q3/54; H04Q3/545; H04Q3/54508; H04Q3/54533; H04Q3/0016; H04Q3/0029; H04Q3/54575; H04Q3/54583; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13057; H04Q2213/13547; H04Q2213/13548
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of detecting a trigger condition during processing of a call, comprising: identifying a particular point in a traversal of the call; accessing a trigger rule item pointer associated with the particular point in the call traversal; locating a trigger rule item in response to the trigger rule item pointer, the trigger rule item corresponding to a decision tree to identify the trigger condition; accessing a criteria node associated with the trigger rule item, the criteria node including information to identify the trigger condition for its associated trigger rule item; identifying a list of match values associated with the criteria node; comparing the match values with information associated with the particular point in the call traversal; accessing a trigger data index in response to one of the match values being successfully compared to the particular point in the call traversal; determining an occurrence of the trigger condition in response to the trigger data index.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of detecting a trigger condition during processing of a call, comprising: identifying a particular point in a traversal of the call; accessing a trigger rule item pointer associated with the particular point in the call traversal; locating a trigger rule item in response to the trigger rule item pointer, the trigger rule item corresponding to a decision tree to identify the trigger condition; accessing a criteria node associated with the trigger rule item, the criteria node including information to identify the trigger condition for its associated trigger rule item; identifying a list of match values associated with the criteria node; comparing the match values with information associated with the particular point in the call traversal; accessing a trigger data index in response to one of the match values being successfully compared to the particular point in the call traversal; determining an occurrence of the trigger condition in response to the trigger data index.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: resuming call processing of the call at the particular point in the call traversal in response to a null value for the trigger rule item pointer, the null value indicating that a trigger condition was not detected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: accessing a trigger rule item index in response to not finding a match in the list of match values.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 3 , further comprising: resuming call processing of the call at the particular point in the call traversal in response to a null value for the trigger rule item index, the null value indicating that a trigger condition was not detected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 3 , further comprising: locating a trigger rule item in response to a non-null value for the trigger rule item index.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: accessing a trigger rule item index in response to a null value for the trigger data index.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 6 , further comprising: resuming call processing of the call at the particular point in the call traversal in response to a null value for the trigger rule item index, the null value indicating that a trigger condition was not detected.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 6 , further comprising: locating another trigger rule item in response to a non-null value for the trigger rule item index.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: returning trigger data associated with the trigger data index, the trigger data determining further traversal of the call.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 9 , further comprising: generating a query message in response to the trigger data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 10 , further comprising: transferring the query message to a service control point in response to the trigger data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein the query message includes a non-null value for either a global title translation field or a point code field in the query message according to the trigger data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 10 , further comprising: transferring the query message to a call logic program.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 13 , wherein the query message includes null values for a global title translation field, a point code field, and a subsystem number field within the query message.
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