Bell Communications Research, Inc.

Kathleen D Cebulka

Gregory M Fisher

Susan K Man

Zaher A Nazif

Lori J Vinciguerra

Jill E Lancaster

Subramanya K Shastry

Francis Y Chu

Richard A Orriss

Lei-Lei C Wang

George White Hartley

Kelly J Gaylord

Neal N Crystal

Yea-Cheiung E Chen

Laura L Castrovinci

Margaret K Balazs

In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator, a user defined call processing node for a call processing record. The call processing record contains logically related nodes and branches. Initially, the operator instructs the processor that he or she wishes to construct a user defined call processing node. The processor then presents to the operator a display screen in which to construct the user defined call processing node and presents the operator with a list of predefined nodes. From this list, the operator selects predefined nodes and arranges them into an underlying representation of call processing procedures. Once this is completed, the processor enables the underlying representation of call processing procedures as a single node for use in creating call processing records.

Method of creating user-defined call processing procedures

In an Advanced Intelligent Telephone Network system, switching points are programmed to trigger a query to a Service Control Point ('SCP') in response to a dialed '500' number. The SCP performs a data request of an outside database storing service provider information, obtaining a service provider identification or a routing number corresponding to the dialed '500' number. The SCP then transmits a switching instruction to the service system point to route the call to the appropriate destination number.

System and method for providing portable telephone number service

In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator of a record creation system, a template for the creation of call processing services. Each call processing service is represented by a call processing record containing logically related call processing nodes and branches. In the method, a processor in the record creation system displays a selected call processing record to the operator. The operator then identifies which nodes in the call processing record will be made customizable. A customizable node is a node for which subsequent template users can specify predetermined expressions. After the node is selected, the processor displays to the operator all the expressions of the selected node and prompts the operator to identify which of the expressions will be customizable. The operator then identifies which expressions of the selected node will be customizable. The processor then enables the selected call processing record and the designation of customizable node expressions for the select node as a service template.

Method of creating a telecommunication service template

In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator of a record creation system, a general service specification for a call processing record. The call processing record includes logically related nodes and branches. In the method, a processor in the record creation system prompts the operator to identify at least one optional node, at least one required node, and at least one restricted node from a node set presented to the operator. Optional nodes are nodes which may appear in a call processing record associated with the general service specification; required nodes must appear in the call processing record associated with the general service specification; and restricted nodes cannot appear in the call processing record associated with the general service specification. After prompting the operator for the selected nodes, the processor receives the operator's selections and enables the optional, required, and restricted nodes as a general service specification from which processing records can then be created.

Method of creating a telecommunication service specification

A call processing record for execution in a telephone service execution environment of a telecommunication network. The call processing record includes a record header which associates the call processing record with one or more corresponding telephone service subscribers. The call processing record further includes one or more call processing logic sections, one or more local data sections, one or more entry points, and a global data section. The local data sections are associated with an entry point in a corresponding logic section and store data executable only by the associated call processing logic. The entry point identifies the associated call processing logic section. The global data section includes data executable by each of the call processing logic sections.

Telecommunication service record structure and method of execution

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Kathleen D Cebulka