Patent ID: 6201812
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for operating a signaling system for a communications network wherein the signaling system includes a processing system and a Service Control Point (SCP) and wherein the network is comprised of at least a first network element on a communications path, wherein the method comprises:(a) receiving a first signaling message from outside of the communications network into the signaling system and routing the first signaling message to the processing system, wherein the processing system does not comprise a control processor in a switch;(b) receiving the first signaling message into the processing system and processing the first signaling message to generate and transmit a query message to the SCP;(c) receiving the query message into the SCP and processing the query message to generate information related to the communications path;(d) generating a response message in the SCP incorporating the information and transmitting the response message to the processing system;(e) receiving the response message into the processing system and processing the response message to select at least one characteristic for the communications path;(f) generating a first instruction message in the processing system wherein the first instruction message incorporates the selected characteristic; and(g) transmitting the first instruction message from the processing system to the first network element wherein the first network element did not receive the first signaling message.