Patent ID: 6373930
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
In a telecommunications network of the type including a switch and a service controller, a method for monitoring call traffic comprising the steps of:said switch receiving a call request to connect a call to a destination number; said switch requesting call-handling instructions from said service controller; said service controller responsively providing to said switch a service-code and a network address; in response to at least said service-code and said network address, said switch seeking to set up a call with a designated network element via an outbound looparound trunk; said switch and said designated network element engaging in call setup communications and thereby routing said call through a looparound circuit at said switch, while maintaining an associated signaling path through said designated network element, whereby signaling messages conveyed along said signaling path through said designated element indicate a status of said call.