Patent ID: 8718686
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for fulfilling a service requested by a user of a communication device, the method comprising: receiving a communication over a signaling channel of a call, at a call-switching system in a communication network, to thereby provision the call-switching system to recognize a prefix code in a received digit string; receiving, by the call-switching system from the communication device, a dialed digit string comprising the prefix code and a data code; suspending the call and recognizing, by the call-switching system, the prefix code in the dialed digit string, and in response, if the service processing system determines the data code is valid, resuming the call and fulfilling the service indicated by the data code in accordance with a fulfillment description in the service-processing system; if the service processing system determines the data code is invalid, transmitting by the service processing system via the SCP to the call-switching system a command configured to cause the call-switching system to continue translate the prefix code and resume the call processing.