Patent ID: 7130408
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing signaling event data in a telephony system comprising: receiving within a call processing system a TCAP event from a telephony signaling network; determining an event context for said TCAP event by identifying a dialed number inbound service, a called directory number, and at least one telephony service to be executed; storing said event context within an event context cache communicatively linked with said call processing system and at least a transaction processing system; upon receiving a subsequent TCAP event, determining whether an event context for said subsequent TCAP event exists in said event context cache; and if not, determining an event context for said subsequent TCAP event specifying a dialed number inbound service, a called directory number, and at least one telephony service to be executed, and storing said event context within said event context cache, wherein said call processing system comprises at least one of an ISDN interface and an ISUP interface, said transaction processing system comprises a TCAP interface, and said telephony signaling network is a Signaling System Number 7 network.