Patent ID: 6028917
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for adapting resource management intelligence of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to deliver extended telephone services applicable to a predetermined telephone line in said PSTN, in response to requests originated by a subscriber to said services who is also an authorized user of said predetermined line; wherein said resource management intelligence conforms to AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network) architecture specifications of said PSTN and said extended telephone services include ringing and redirection services applicable to telephone calls directed to said predetermined line, and applied under direct control of said subscriber as each call is received and while said subscriber linked to said management intelligence through a connection path that does not contain said predetermined line; said connection path through external network external to said PSTN; said ringing services being applicable to and capable of distinguishing between both voice and facsimile type telephone calls directed to said predetermined line: said system comprising:a server administered by said resource management intelligence of said PSTN, said server operating in conformance with real time call management requirements of said AIN architecture while connecting said resource management intelligence to said authorized subscriber and said external network; said external network including the Internet and being subject to access by equipment other than conventional telephones, said other equipment including digital computers; said server being adapted to communicate with said authorized subscriber through said external network, and including means for verifying the authorization of said subscriber to use extended telephone services applicable to said predetermined line which involve transferral of information to said subscriber through said external network; andan applicational adapter, operating as a data processing component of said AIN resource management intelligence and cooperating with said server, upon verification of said subscriber's authorization to use said extended services relative to said predetermined line, to instantly intercept telephone calls directed to said predetermined line before said calls can be applied to said line, and instantly communicate information about each said call to said subscriber.