Patent ID: 6208642
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A telephony network for providing an application call, comprising:at least one service switching point of the telephony network connected to a plurality of subscribers including a calling subscriber and a called subscriber; anda signaling network for providing signaling within the telephony network, said signaling network including:an application database for storing a multiplicity of applications;a service control point interfacing with said application database;a plurality of signaling transfer points in communication with said service control point, said at least one service switching point in communication with said service control point through said plurality of signaling transfer points;an intelligent network trigger table within said at least one service switching point for processing an application code input from a calling subscriber, said application code input by said calling subscriber when placing a telephone call, and said at least one service switching point receiving at least one application corresponding to said application code stored in said application database and transmitting the at least one application to at least one of said calling subscriber and said called subscriber; andcircuit-switched channel between said calling party and said called party allocated by said at least one service switching point, said circuit-switched channel capable of supporting voice and data communications, said data communications occurring by execution of said at least one application.