Patent ID: 6275489
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A switch network for a telecommunication system including a plurality of telecommunication devices, the switch network comprising:a plurality of data storage units for storing connection data relating to one or more respective telecommunication devices;a register unit for storing associations between said data storage units and one or more respective identification codes;input means for inputting one of said one or more respective identification codes;a switch unit for interrogating said register unit to determine the data storage unit associated with said one identification code;link means for using the connection data stored by said data storage unit association with said one identification code to form a telecommunication link with one of said corresponding one or more telecommunication devices; andat least one routing unit;wherein there is at least one predetermined condition which determines a first and a second state of said register unit, said register unit and said switch unit being arranged to determine the data storage unit associated with said identification code input by said input means when said register unit is in said first state, and to link said register unit and said switch unit to said at least one routing unit when said register unit is in the second state.