Patent ID: 6535483
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A communication system for providing services for a call wherein the call comprises user communications and call signaling, the communication system comprising:a host computer configured to receive a plurality of first processor control messages from a signaling processor and transmit a plurality of host control messages to a media processor wherein one of the first processor control messages is received for each one of the user communications and indicates a service and wherein one of the host control messages is received for each one of the user communications and indicates an application to apply for the service; the media processor configured to receive the plurality of host control messages from the host computer and to provide a service for a plurality of the user communications received over a plurality of connections by applying the application in response to the host control messages; an interworking unit configured to receive the user communications in an asynchronous communication format, receive a plurality of second processor control messages from the signaling processor wherein one of the second processor control messages is received for each one of the user communications and identifies a selected one of the connections, convert the user communications in the asynchronous communication to the another communication format suitable for the media processor, and transmit the user communications in the another communication format over the selected connections in response to the second processor control messages; and a communication path between the media processor and the interworking unit comprising the plurality of connections.