Claims
- 1. For use in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), a system for automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single calling number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, the system comprising:an AIN Release 1 Service Switching Point (SSP) in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, and having Automatic Call Distribution architecture; a Signal transfer Point (STP) in electrical communication with said SSP; and an AIN Release 1 Service Control Point (SCP) in electrical communication with said STP, said SCP adapted to retain complete control of the routing of said communication and perform selected routing functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses, and to direct said SSP how to terminate said communication.
- 2. A system as in claim 1, further including a voice mail system in electrical communication with said SSP.
- 3. A system as in claim 1, further comprising Log-in means in electrical communication with said SSP for initiating a Log-in Number unique to said secondary party such that said secondary party may receive said communication from any subscribing CPE device.
- 4. For use in an Advance Intelligent Network (AIN), a system for automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single calling number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, the system comprising:an AIN Release 1 Service Switching Point (SSP) in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, and having Automatic Call Distribution architecture; and an AIN adjunct processor in electrical communication with said SSP, said adjunct processor adapted to retain complete control of the routing of said communication and perform selected routing functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses, and to direct said SSP how to terminate said communication.
- 5. For use in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), a system for automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single calling number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, the system comprising:an AIN release one service node in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, said service node having Automatic Call Distribution architecture and adapted to retain complete control of said communication and perform selected routed functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses.
- 6. For use in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), a method of automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single called number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, comprising:providing a Release 1 Service Switching Point (SSP) in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, said SSP having Automatic Call Distribution architecture; providing a Signal Transfer Point (STP) in electrical communication with said SSP; providing a Release 1 Service Control Point in electrical communication with said STP; routing said communication signals from said calling party CPE device to said SSP; identifying said called number as that of said secondary party; transferring control of routing said communication to said SCP; and performing selected routing functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses, and instruct said SSP how to terminate said communication.
- 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of paging said secondary party.
- 8. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of initiating a Log-in Number unique to said secondary party from any CPE device so as to receive said communication.
- 9. For use in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), a method of automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single called number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, comprising:providing a Release 1 Service Switching Point (SSP) in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, said SSP having Automatic Call Distribution architecture; providing an AIN adjunct processor in electrical communication with said SSP; routing said communication signals from said calling party CPE device to said SSP; identifying said called number as that of said secondary party; transferring control of routing said communication to said adjunct processor; and performing selected routing functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses, and instruct said SSP where to direct said communication.
- 10. For use in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), a method of automatically routing communications from a calling party having a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device to a secondary party having a single called number for a plurality of CPE devices, each of said secondary party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding communication address, comprising:providing an AIN release one service node in electrical communication with said calling party CPE device and said plurality of secondary party CPE devices, said SSP having Automatic Call Distribution architecture; routing said communication signals from said calling party CPE device to said AIN service node; identifying said called number as that of said secondary party; and performing selected routing functions in a predetermined sequence in an attempt to locate said secondary party at one of said communication addresses, and instruct said service node how to direct said communication signals.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/088,708, filed on Jul. 8, 1993 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,169,904 on Jan. 2, 2001.
US Referenced Citations (16)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (5)
Entry |
Biana Coker “Personal Communications Services: An application of Wireless Access Technology and the Intelligent Network” Telephony, Dec. 1991. |
M. Ballard et al. “Cellular Mobile Radio As An Intelligent Network Application” Electrical Communication. vol. 63, #4, 1989. |
“Newton's Telecom Dictionary”, 8th ed., Harry Newton, p. 106. |
Operations Issues for Advanced Intelligent Networks David Pezzutti. IEEE Communications, p. 58-63 (Feb. 1992). |
Perspectives on the AIN Architecture, Berman et al., IEEE Communications, p. 27-32 (Feb. 1992). |
Continuations (1)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
08/088708 |
Jul 1993 |
US |
Child |
09/689372 |
|
US |