Patent ID: 7243162
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing control messages constructed in accordance with a communication signalling protocol for use in a communications network, each control message including a first address identifier formatted for use in said signalling protocol; said method comprising: i) determining if said first address identifier is a valid address identifier that can be used to deliver said control message and (a) if it is determined that said first address identifier is valid, then proceeding to deliver said control message using said first address identifier but (b) if it is determined that said first address identifier is not valid, then processing said control message to derive a second address identifier from said first identifier, said second identifier having a format defined by a data transfer protocol; and, ii) if said second address identifier is derived from step (i)(b), then re-formatting said processed control message for transmission, in accordance with said data transfer protocol, to a network system associated with said second address identifier.