Patent ID: 6785375
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A communications network comprising:a plurality of network nodes; a telephony server arranged in operation to control at least one of said network nodes, said telephony server including a control interface comprising: a call model comprising information relating to telephone calls made in said communications network and network nodes active in said telephone calls; call components comprising at least one first party call components and/or at least one third party call components, said first and third party call components arranged in operation to control said telephone calls; wherein network nodes located at the origin or destination of a telephone call and active in said telephone call are represented by first party call components which can control said telephone call from the view of the node at the origin or destination of said telephone call; wherein network nodes located between the origin and destination of said telephone call and active in said telephone call are represented by third party call components which can control said telephone call from the view of the node between the origin and destination of said telephone call; and wherein each first party and third party call component for said telephone call is linked to a single call model.