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Patent US8224928 - Methods and systems for distributing operating status information within a ... - Google Patents
Disclosed is a communications network element that is capable of routing signaling messages and also performing inter-network management functions in a converged telephony-data network environment. A signaling gateway routing node is adapted to facilitate signaling communication between nodes in a signaling...http://www.google.com/patents/US8224928?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8224928 - Methods and systems for distributing operating status information within a converged network
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(c) a communications module operatively associated with the routing key table and the status manager process for communicating, in response to receiving the status information and identifying the IP nodes in the routing key table, the status information to the identified IP nodes, wherein the identified IP nodes are located external to the signaling gateway and configured to communicate with the SS7 node using the routing key information.
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International Classification H04L12/24, H04L12/66, G06F13/00
Cooperative Classification H04L41/0226, H04Q3/0025, H04L12/66
European Classification H04L12/66, H04Q3/00D2, H04L41/02D