Patent ID: 6240174
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
An Automated Intelligent Network (AIN) telephone system comprising at least one central office switching system, a system comprising:a service provider system for providing customizable subscriber services based upon subscriber-specific data stored in an EMS database, wherein said subscriber-specific data is selectively updated by a service provider;at least one intelligent peripheral system coupled with a central office switching system wherein said intelligent peripheral system includes a regional relational database for storing regional subscriber-specific data said intelligent peripheral system further comprises:one or more voice peripherals for providing voice announcements and for receiving updates to said regional subscriber-specific data stored on said regional relational database using one or more end user telephones;at least one direct-dial communications interface for receiving updates to said regional subscriber-specific data on said regional relational database using one or more end-user data entry devices coupled to said intelligent peripheral system; anda bidirectional data path connected between said intelligent peripheral system and said service provider system for transferring at least part of said regional subscriber-specific data from said regional relational database of said intelligent peripheral system to correspondingly update said subscriber-specific data in stored in said EMS database of said service provider system.