Patent ID: 6404887
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H04B,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for controlling a telecommunications device within a call processing environment, comprising:a first switching system configured to receive a call from a calling station and to route said call within said call processing environment; an ancillary telecommunications device configured to control a call processing parameter related to said call; a second switching system configured to route said call within said call processing environment toward a call termination station; said first switching system, said second switching system and said ancillary telecommunications device being coupled to each other via a channelized call data network, said channelized call data network configured to communicate a payload portion of said call over at least one channel in frames, at least some of said frames for said at least one channel bearing the payload portion comprising a signaling bit and at least one information coding bit; and said first switching system and said second switching system being coupled to each other via a dedicated signaling network, said dedicated signaling network configured to allow said first switching system and said second switching system to communicate control messages to each other, said control messages related to the routing and processing of said call, whereby said ancillary telecommunications device controls said call processing parameter to affect said call based on a directive issued by said first switching system to said ancillary device, said directive contained within the signaling bit of said at least some of said frames.