Patent ID: 7106748

Claim:
An intelligent network for use with an ATM network to set up an ATM switched virtual circuit to provide VToA services and alias addressing, the intelligent network comprising: a multi-service control point operable to receive an input extracted from an input ATM setup message that includes a called party phone number value and a VToA designator, generate an alias ATM address of a called party CPE that corresponds to a network gateway in communication with a PSTN switch through a plurality of trunk lines and a desired trunk line of the plurality of trunk lines, and generate an output in response for use in generating an output ATM setup message; an ATM signaling intercept processor operable to intercept the input ATM setup message from an ingress ATM edge switch of the ATM network, extract the input from the input ATM setup message, communicate the input to the multi-service control point, receive the output generated by the multi-service control point, generate the output ATM setup message using the output that includes the alias ATM address, and communicate the output ATM setup message to the ingress ATM edge switch of the ATM network; and a service administration operable to provision the multi-service control point and the ATM signaling intercept processor.