Patent ID: 6567659
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications service control point (SCP), comprising:a first call processing data structure; a digit collection data structure; a second call processing data structure; a processing system configured to receive a first message, process the first message and enter the first call processing data structure to obtain a first pointer to the digit collection data structure, enter the digit collection data structure to generate a second message comprising instructions for a communication device to collect digits from a caller and to obtain a second pointer to the second call processing data structure, and process a third message with the collected digits to generate a fourth message with call handling information for a call; and an interface coupled to the processing system and configured to receive the first message from the communication device, transmit the second message with the digit collection instructions for the communication device, receive the third message with the collected digits from the communication device, and transmit the fourth message with the call handling information for the communication device.