Patent ID: 6614784
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A service provisioning method for use in an integrated telecommunications network having a packet-switched network (PSN) portion and a circuit-switched network (CSN) portion, wherein a service node including at least one of a Service Control Point (SCP) and a Service Data Point (SDP) is disposed in the CSN portion, the method comprising the steps of:providing an interface module disposed between the service node and the PSN portion; invoking a service in a first entity disposed in the PSN portion; responsive to the invoking step, sending a service message from the first entity to the service node via the interface module; executing a service logic portion associated with the service by the service node to determine an action to be taken with respect to the invoked service; sending a return result from the service node to the first entity, the return result being associated with the action corresponding to the invoked service; determining, in the first entity, how the action corresponding to the invoked service is to be effectuated, and thereafter transmitting an indication of the return result from the first entity to a second entity, the indication being compatible with a message protocol used by the PSN portion; and taking an appropriate service action by the second entity based on the indication received from the first entity.