Patent ID: 7386107
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing telephony services comprising: provisioning a subscriber information data store by appending a service descriptor to a subscriber profile item other than call origination point information and call termination point information, the service descriptor representing at least one telephony service for which the subscriber has been registered; at a subscriber data retrieval node, receiving a call request and a caller identifier from a subscriber; querying the subscriber information data store with said caller identifier to determine the subscriber profile item and the appended service descriptor; receiving the service descriptor at said subscriber data retrieval node from the subscriber information data store; providing the service descriptor to a telephony service node; mapping the service descriptor to the at least one telephony service represented by the service descriptor; and providing the subscriber with an access to the at least one telephony service.