Patent ID: 7046776
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for converting a three-party telecommunications connection, which is switched via a public communications network, between two subscriber lines and one of a further subscriber line and an operator's position, the three-party telecommunications connection being routed via a telecommunications switching office to which the one of the further subscriber line and the operator's position is connected, into a two-party telecommunications connection between the two subscriber lines, the method comprising the steps of: initiating setup, via the telecommunications switching office, and after reception of a request originating from the one of the further subscriber line and the operator's position, of a new direct telecommunications connection between the two subscriber lines, wherein the telecommunications switching office requests one of two further telecommunications switching offices to which the two subscriber lines are respectively connected to set up the new telecommunications connection in accordance with a selection which is made as a function of a tariff model which forms a basis of a billing system; and releasing, after a successful setup of the direct telecommunications connection, existing sections of the three-party telecommunications connection which is routed via the telecommunications switching office, between the two subscriber lines and the one of the further subscriber line and the operator's position.