Patent ID: 6181789
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
Telecommunication system for providing virtual private networks and comprising a switch and processor means for controlling said switch for making connections between origins and destinations, which processor means comprises:means responsive to a first virtual private number belonging to a first virtual private network, for controlling said switch for coupling a first origin to a first destination, andmeans responsive to a further first virtual private number belonging to said first virtual private network, for controlling said switch for coupling said first origin to a further first destination,means responsive to a second virtual private number belonging to a second virtual private network, for controlling said switch for coupling a second origin to a second destination, andmeans responsive to a further second virtual private number belonging to said second virtual private network, for controlling said switch for coupling said second origin to a further second destination,characterised in that the first destination and the second destination are the same, and that the further first destination and the further second destination are different.