Patent ID: 8204179
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. In a telecommunications network, a method of clandestinely providing a transmission relay service (TRS) to a called party, said method comprising: (a) receiving a first call from a calling party, said first call being received at a network node serving a called party for which the first call is intended; (b) detecting the called party answering the first call; (c) determining whether or not to invoke a feature supported by the network node, wherein if it is determined that the feature is to be invoked, then the method further includes: (iv) in response to obtaining the acknowledgement, completing the reserved bridge to join the first and second calls so the operator can hear voice communications from the calling party and establishing a TRS link between the relay center and the called party so the operator can provide a translation of voice communications from the calling party to the called party; wherein the bridge and TRS link enable the called party to speak to the calling party using voice carry over.