Patent ID: 6049600
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A partitioned communication system for providing communication services, comprising:a shared switch network system including at least one intelligent network processor (INP), the INP having at least one service partition for each communication service;at least one terminating intelligent communication device (ICD) in communication with the shared switch network system, the ICD having at least one service partition for each communication service;wherein the at least one INP and the at least one ICD are each operative to:(a) provide internal state representations of their corresponding service partitions independent of the state representations of one another;(b) originate events independent of actions of one another; and(c) generate command signals associated with their corresponding service partitions for receipt by a corresponding at least one service partition of the other; andwherein the ICD is further operative to receive a removably insertable hardware/software device to auto-initiate a command dialog with an associated service partition in the shared switch network system, each communication service comprising the at least one service partition of the INP and the at least one service partition of the ICD interdependently operative with one another.