Patent ID: 6707810
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of establishing a communications path between a digital loop carrier and a data network service provider in communication with a data network for carrying a call signal between a communications device and a data network, the digital loop carrier: (I) coupled to the communications device, (ii) coupled directly to the data network service provider by a direct trunk group, and (iii) coupled to a service switching port of a telecommunications network by a communications line, the service switching port coupled to the data network service provider, the service switching port having a call processing feature which, when activated by the service switching port, processes calls transmitted over the communications line, the method comprising:determining whether the service switching port has activated the call processing feature for the communications line; establishing, when the call processing feature is active, the communications path through the service switching port over the communications line; and establishing, when the call processing feature is inactive, the communications path using the direct trunk group.