Patent ID: 6430286
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An apparatus for servicing a telephone call made in a telecommunications network comprising;an interconnect bus, a first database for storing processing and routing information relating to the Telephone call, said first database in communication with said interconnect bus; a plurality of processors in communication with the interconnect bus, said processors having applications executing service functions of the telecommunications network, a switching and signaling unit in communication with a plurality of interconnected originating network elements including at least an originating switch node and a service control point within a telecommunications network and in communication with said interconnect bus; and an information packet associated with the telephone call, said information packet containing transaction data including at least one of the following: an error code, a time stamp for post-dialing delay computation which supports said call and service functions of the apparatus, said information packet being transmitted from at least one of the plurality of interconnected originating network elements to said switching and signaling unit, and being stored in a second database for access by the applications.