Patent ID: 6560316
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of monitoring a subscriber of an intelligent network, which comprises:flagging an identifier of a subscriber to be monitored in a database, the flagging including an indication of a third communications subscriber authorized to monitor a communications link to the subscriber to be monitored; upon an establishment of a communications link between the subscriber to be monitored and a second communications subscriber, setting up a conference loop between the subscriber to be monitored, the second communications subscriber, and the third communications subscriber authorized to monitor the communications link between the subscriber to be monitored and the second subscriber; transmitting, for subscribers of an intelligent network, characteristic subscriber data to an authorized, third communications subscriber; and informing the exchange that has initiated the link to the database about the monitoring measure by transmitting an unambiguous identifier pointing to supplementary information necessary for the monitoring.