Patent ID: 6760425
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method of interworking between services in a telecommunications network including at least one switching point and at least two service programs, wherein the switching point has a call handling model defining points in the call for identifying events in the call and for defining interactions between the at least one switching point and the at least two service programs, wherein said call handling model further includes at least one interworking point for identifying events in a least one of the service programs, said method comprises the steps of:determining when an identified event of the service program is encountered; enabling said interworking point when said identified event is encountered; and supplying instructions from the switching point to interwork with the at least one other service program in response to said identified event, wherein the interworking point is enabled when one service program performs a predetermined action and the instructions are of a report type so that the other service programs which have requested that they be informed when the interworking point is enabled are sent information about the enablement.