Patent ID: 6104797
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H04M,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 service partition of the other,each communication service comprising the at least one service partition of the INP and the at least one service partition of the ICD inter-dependently operative with one another.