Patent ID: 6535597
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method of providing and disconnecting a private circuit in a telecommunications network between no more than a first local access line and a second local access line, said network having at least two local switches and a switching unit, each local switch being connected to a group of local access lines, said method comprising:a user calling the switching unit and entering a user identifier; the user selecting any one of circuit provision and circuit disconnection; if the user selects circuit provision, then the user enters an identifier for the first local access line, the user enters an identifier for the second local access line, the switching unit calls the first local access line, the switching unit calls the second local access line, and the switching unit forms a connection between the first and second local access lines within itself so as to form a private circuit between only the first and second local access lines wherein the private circuit remains connected independently of the use thereof; and if the user selects circuit disconnection, then the switching unit disconnects the first and second local access lines.