Patent ID: 7054433
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a communication system including a switch coupled with Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and an application server coupled with the switch, a method for sending a server-specified message to the CPE without setting up a call path between the application server and the CPE, the method comprising the steps of: sending a request from the application server to the switch; sending, based upon the request, a predetermined server-specified message from the switch to the CPE without setting up a call path between the application server and the CPE, wherein the CPE is not rung and the predetermined server-specified message is not affected by features of the CPE; sending a return message from the CPE to the switch without setting up a call path between the application server and the CPE; and sending a status message based upon the return message from the switch to the application server without setting up a call path between the application server and the CPE.