Patent ID: 6118779
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H04L,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
In a node of a telecommunications system having a plurality of nodes connected in a communicating relationship by an inter-nodal network that carries network data among the nodes, one or more of the plurality of nodes including one or more ports representing connections to a private or public switched telephone network, an interface for providing processing resources to ports comprising:A. means for transceiving network data between the interface and the inter-nodal network, whereby the interface is connected in a communicating relationship with the inter-nodal network;B. means for transceiving processing resource data between the interface and one or more processing resources, whereby the interface is connected in a communicating relationship with the one or more processing resources;C. means for extracting any inbound processing resource data from the network data, wherein the inbound processing resource data is destined for a preselected one or more of the processing resources; andD. means for inserting any outbound processing resource data from a node into the network data, wherein the outbound processing resource data is received from one or more processing resources.