Patent ID: 7693523

Claim:
A method for providing high speed collaborative Telestar service comprising the steps of: implementing a Telestar application layer in a signaling system; in a source intelligent customer node, responsive to receipt of request from a customer, generating signaling messages for requesting a bearer connection to a at least one destination intelligent customer node for carrying out a requested function; in said source intelligent customer node, generating Telestar application originating messages to indicate destinations of ones of a plurality of data streams of said bearer channel transmitted from the source intelligent customer node for carrying out said requested function; transmitting said Telestar application messages to a Telestar Service Controller; processing said Telestar application originating messages in said Telestar Service Controller to generate Telestar application terminating messages for transmission to said destination intelligent customer node and to said source intelligent customer node to carry out said selected function; in the source and destination intelligent customer nodes, responsive to receipt of said terminating Telestar messages, controlling establishment of a connection from the source intelligent customer node to the selected destination intelligent customer node.