Patent ID: 7286659
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications system for processing a call from a calling communication station for a called communication station, the telecommunications system comprising: a non-Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) capable end office switch configured to ring the called communication station with the call, the call having no AIN trigger present, and determine blocking status for the call, the end office switch being further configured to play an announcement to the calling communication station offering a messaging service if the call is unblocked, the end office switch being further configured to disconnect the call from the called communication station if the messaging service is selected and route the call to other network equipment to provide the messaging service, a service switching point configured to receive the call routed from the non-AIN capable end office switch and to generate a query for further routing instructions; a service control point (SCP) configured to receive the query for further routing instructions for the call, the SCP configured to return a response message if the call passes additional screening criteria, the response message indicating that the messaging service should be provided; a platform configured as the network equipment to provide the messaging service to the calling communication station; and wherein the SSP is configured to receive the response message from the SCP and connect the calling communication station with the platform to provide the messaging service.