Patent ID: 6831914
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An integrated communication system comprising:a plurality of telephone stations; a plurality of separately located central office switching systems interconnected via trunk circuits for selectively providing switched telephone call communications between at least two of the telephone stations; a plurality of service control points, separate from the central office switching systems, wherein each of the service control points comprises a plurality of signaling network interfaces with distinct network addresses; a database with data records associated with the telephone stations and the service control points; a peripheral platform connected to at least one of the central office switching systems via a telephone call connection channel, the peripheral platform comprising a data communication interface and a processor for providing at least on auxiliary telephone call processing capability via the telephone call connection channel, wherein the processor runs a program causing the peripheral platform to select on of the service control points and to select one of the network interface addresses corresponding to the selected service control point using the database, so as to provide load distribution among the network interfaces; a signaling communication system for providing two-way communications of data messages between the peripheral platform and at least two the services control points to control provision of at least one call processing capability by the peripheral platform; wherein the program outputs the network address, causing the processor to establish a data connection between the data communication interface and the selected network interface through the signaling communication system.