Patent ID: 6295345
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for performing call processing requests, comprising:a digit collector operable to receive input digits and formulate a raw input message therefrom, the raw input message including information pertaining to a plurality of call processing requests;a request builder operable to generate a service request object in response to the raw input message, the service request object includes information according to the plurality of call processing requests in a generic form;a generic translator operable to receive the the service request object, the generic translator being platform independent, the generic translator operable to invoke a plurality of functions according to the service request object, the plurality of functions including billing validation, screening, routing, and response functions, the generic translator operable to generate:a billing validation response in response to the service request object including a billing validation request, the billing validation response being returned to the digit collector;a translated digits response in response to the service request object including a digit translation request which is successfully translated, the translated digits response being sent to a trunk selector; anda translation failure response in response to the service request object including a digit translation request which is not successfully translated, the translated failure response being sent to a call sequencer.