At+t Corp.

Mayra F Caceres

Wesley A Brush

Gary A Munson

Dominic M Ricciardi

Jiayu Chen

Promod Kumar Bhagat

James M Carnazza

Edite M Hanlon

Chia-Fang Shih

Patricia S Marchiano

Alfred Nater

A protocol independent and platform independent message format is provided for the transmission of messages between network elements. Service providers are providing multimedia services over broadband networks to customers, and a generic message format is provided to accommodate communication between network elements facilitating the multimedia services. The generic message format includes at least one 32-bit media identifier (MID) identifying a type of media file associated with a message using the generic message format. A message having the generic message format may include up to 32 MIDs, each having two sections. The first section of an MID preferably includes 8 bits and has a media file descriptor (MFD). The MFD may be mapped for accommodating multiple types of media. The second section preferably includes twenty-four bits and has a media file identification (MFI). The MFD contains information that describes the use of the MFI, such as a type of media file or a type of announcement in the media file identified by the MID.

Flexible media request identification technique

This invention provides a telecommunications routing system and method that allows a switch (e.g., an intelligent peripheral) to control the routing to a special applications device, which results in savings of time, cost and capacity throughout the entire network. Control of the routing lies within the Service Switching Point (SSP) which reduces the need to requery a Service Control Point (SCP) in error situations. This invention incorporates into the SSP a remote IP routing table containing routing instructions for IPs. The SSP will know if an alternate route is possible, based on the error from the IP. The SSP will have a rudimentary intelligence about routing which allows it to reroute when necessary, without requerying back to the SCP. The remote IP routing table will also allow the SSP to route to a successive IP if the local IP, although operative, cannot process the request.

Remote intelligent peripheral routing method and apparatus

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