Patent ID: 7539177

Claim:
A method for interworking between protocols, in a digital, multimedia communication network, the network comprising: a first subscriber; a second subscriber; a connection between the first subscriber and the second subscriber, the connection having a payload channel, the payload channel including a send direction and a receive direction, the receive direction being from the first subscriber to the second subscriber, and the send direction being from the second subscriber to the first subscriber; at least one service feature which requires a disconnection of the payload channel in the send direction and the receive direction; a first protocol, with which the first subscriber operates, designed for signaling in at least one of a packet-oriented network and an IP-based network, and only provides a first local disconnection of the payload channel in the send direction for the at least one service feature; and a second protocol, with which the second subscriber operates, providing at least the option of a second local disconnection of the payload channel in the receive direction, the method comprising: providing the first subscriber with the at least one service feature by controlling the second subscriber during use of the at least one service feature, so that a transmission in the receive direction to the first subscriber is interrupted.