Advanced intelligent network with intelligent peripherals interfaced to the integrated services control point

Patent 5572583 Issued on November 5, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 25, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Bell Atlantic

Application

No. 248980 filed on 05/25/1994

US Classes:

379/221.09, Service control point (SCP, ISCP, external database)379/67.1, AUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESIS379/88.01, Voice activation or recognition379/221.11, Adjunct or intelligent peripheral (IP)379/229, Interexchange signalling379/230Signalling path distinct from trunk (e.g., CCIS)

Examiners

Primary: Zele, Krista M.
Assistant: Hunter, Daniel S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lowe, Price, LeBlanc & Becker

International Class

H04M 003/42

Abstract

A peripheral platform, such as an Intelligent Peripheral (IP), is a network subsystem for use in the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). The IP or similar platform will assume some functions presently performed by the Integrated Service Control Point (ISCP) and central office switches. Among its functional capabilities will be voice announcement and digit collection. The more advanced version, the IP, also offers speech recognition capabilities and an array of other enhanced call processing features, such as voice or facsimile messaging. The peripheral platform or IP will be a separate network component that will communicate with the ISCP, which controls the AIN, through a data communication network that in the preferred embodiments is distinct from the telephone company switching offices, trunk networks and any associated interoffice signalling network.

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