Patent ID: 7079640
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for providing at least one of content and a service to telephone service subscribers, comprising: a) a Content/Service Provision Node (C/SPN having a first interface with a call control messaging network and a second interface with a Content/Service Messaging Network (C/SMN), through which content/service messages are conveyed; and b) Subscriber Access Control Equipment (SACE), that can access a bearer channel of a subscriber line to deliver content or a service directly to the bearer channel of the subscriber line, wherein the delivery of at least one of content and a service is effected by the C/SPN with the SACE, in response to a call control message received by the C/SPN at the first interface, wherein call servers (CSs) communicate with the SACEs to relay messages between the C/SPNs and the SACE using the same protocol as used for the content/service messages.