Patent ID: 6611533
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing signaling and service interworking between a public telephone network and an internet protocol network, wherein the public telephone network transmits and receives a:message in a first format of a first type and the internet protocol network transmits and receives a message in a second format of a second type, and wherein the apparatus comprises:a first interface for communicating with the public telephone network, said first interface adapted to exchange messages in the first format of the first type with the public telephone network; a second interface for communicating with the internet protocol network, said second interface adapted to exchange messages in the second format of the second type with the internet protocol network; and a processor, operably connected to at least one of said first interface and said second interface, wherein said processor is adapted for translating the message received in the first format from the public telephone network into the second format, such that public telephone network addressing and routing information in the message received is converted for the internet protocol network, and wherein said processor is adapted for forwarding the message encapsulated in the second format to the internet protocol network, such that signaling and service interworking can thereby be provided by exchanging messages between the public telephone network and the internet protocol network.