Bell Communications Research, Inc.

Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

Neustar, Inc.

Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a Corp. of Delaware

Thomas C Ely

Darek A Smyk

David L Babson, Iii

Christian F Huitema

Michael J Cook

I-Hsiang Yu

Brian S Rosen

Sharon Fridman

Subramanya K Shastry

Richard A Orriss

Ben Volach

Ran Makavy

George White Hartley

Thomas S Novak

Rohini Vijay Marathe

James A Bajzath, Jr

Michael A Martin

Mauricio Arango

Louis Cahl

Frederick Obrock

A system and method are disclosed for communicating messages between users that use different messaging services. A message from a user communication device is communicated to a remote user communication device using a first messaging service. The remote user communication device communicates messages using a second messaging service. The message from the user communication device is routed to a messaging interface gateway in accordance with configuration information associated with the remote user communication device. The message is routed from the messaging interface gateway to a messaging server associated with the remote user communication device. The messaging server is configured to use the second messaging service. The message is delivered to the remote user communication device using the second messaging service.

System and method for short message service and instant messaging continuity

Methods and systems for a distributed scalable hardware independent system that supports multiple functions regarding management and support of communications over a packet-based network. The communications supported by these methods and systems include, but are not limited to, Voice Over Internet Protocol (&ldquo;VOIP&rdquo;), voice over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (&ldquo;ATM&rdquo;), video conferencing, data transfer, telephony, and downloading video or other data. These methods and systems use a call agent, which is composed of various objects distributed along a CORBA software bus, for exercising call management over two endpoints communicating over a packet-based network.

Method and system for media connectivity over a packet-based network

A customer contact services node/Internet gateway (CCSN/IG) connects a user to the services and to information from a provider via the Internet. The user can thereby get information about the services and can initiate service changes and can get user-specific information.

System and method for accessing customer contact services over a network

An input message processor translates interface-specific input messages into a core and extended format. A message interpreter includes a core and extended set of instructions associated with a multi services application protocol for interpreting call processing records in response to input messages in the core and extended format. An output message processor receives output messages from the interpreter and uses interface-specific output message definitions to process the output messages into interface-specific output messages.

System and method for developing message processing applications

A broadband system includes a broadband switch network, a broadband session controller, and a broadband service control point. The broadband network provides connections between information sender/receivers in response to instructions from a broadband service control point or in response to requests originated by an information sender/receiver. The broadband service control point provides processing instructions and/or data to the broadband controller and information sender/receiver. Applications supported by the broadband network include video-on-demand and videoconferencing services for system users. For video-on-demand, a settop controller is associated with a video display of each system user. One or more video information providers ('VIPs') stores video information to be sent to the user's settop controller via the broadband switch network. The broadband session controller communicates with the user's settop controller and VIPs and requests processing information from the broadband service control point in response to predetermined triggers. The broadband session controller instructs the broadband switch network to establish the broadband connection between the VIP and a predetermined settop controller. For settop controller-based videoconferencing, the settop controller controls cameras, microphones, video displays, and speakers. In addition, an integrated service control point integrates broadband and telephone networks to provide efficient and effective integrated broadband and telephone services. Both broadband and telephone services can be provisioned via a video interface at a user's remote location. Also, the integrated network provides unique caller identification delivery services.

System and method for providing videoconferencing services

A broadband system includes a broadband switch network, a broadband session controller, and a broadband service control point. The broadband network provides connections between information sender/receivers in response to instructions from a broadband service control point or in response to requests originated by an information sender/receiver. The broadband service control point provides processing instructions and/or data to the broadband controller and information sender/receiver. Applications supported by the broadband network include video-on-demand and videoconferencing services for system users. In addition, an integrated service control point integrates broadband and telephone networks to provide efficient and effective integrated broadband and telephone services. Both broadband and telephone services can be provisioned via a video interface at a user's remote location. Also, the integrated network provides unique caller identification delivery services.

Broadband network and method for connecting information providers

A broadband service control point provides processing instructions and data to a broadband session controller and an information sender/receiver. The broadband session controller communicates with a user's settop controller and video information providers, ('VIPs'), and requests processing information from the broadband service control point in response to predetermined triggers. The broadband session controller also instructs the broadband switch network to establish broadband connections between a VIP and a predetermined settop controller. An integrated service control point integrates broadband and telephone networks to provide efficient and effective integrated broadband and telephone services via a video interface at a user's remote location. Also, the integrated network provides unique caller identification delivery services.

Method and apparatus for integrating telephone and broadband networks

A system and method for video-on-demand and videoconferencing services using a broadband switch network, a broadband session controller, and a broadband service control point. The broadband network provides connections between information sender/receivers in response to instructions from a broadband service control point or in response to requests originated by an information sender/receiver. The broadband service control point processing instructions and/or data to the broadband controller and information sender/receiver. In addition, an integrated service control point integrates broadband and telephone networks to provide efficient and effective integrated broadband and telephone services. Both broadband and telephone services can be provisioned via a video interface at a user's remote location. Also, the integrated network provides unique caller identification delivery services.

Method and apparatus for providing video services

A broadband service control point provides processing instructions and data to a broadband session controller and an information sender/receiver. The broadband session controller communicates with a user's settop controller and video information providers, ('VIPs'), and requests processing information from the broadband service control point in response to predetermined triggers. The broadband session controller also instructs the broadband switch network to establish broadband connections between a VIP and a predetermined settop controller. An integrated service control point integrates broadband and telephone networks to provide efficient and effective integrated broadband and telephone services via video interface at a user's remote location. Also, the integrated network provides unique caller identification delivery services.

Method and apparatus for provisioning network services

A method and apparatus for creating and implementing customer service procedures for individual customers of a telecommunication network. The method and apparatus provides for the creation and execution of customized records to provide the desired service. The records are created by an operator at a display terminal to provide a visual representation of the desired service. The displayed representation of the service is translated into a binary representation and executed in accordance with the customer's desires. Thus, each individual customer can design and have implemented unique telecommunication services.

System and processes specifying customized customer telecommunication

A method and apparatus for creating customized call processing information (CCPI) records to permit customized telephone services for individual subscribers to a telephone network. The records are provided in a binary representation, an internal data structure representation and a displayed representation. The displayed representation for a CCPI record may be provided in a plurality of formats. For example, a 'graph' format or a 'form' format. The binary and internal data structure representations of a CCPI record are less machine dependent than the displayed representation and can, therefore, be implemented in a variety of processing devices. The displayed representation can be developed by an operator to correspond to any desired operating environment which, when interfaced with the internal data structure representation, permits the creation of CCPI records on a wide variety of processing devices.

Systems and processes for providing multiple interfaces for telephone

A method and apparatus for creating and implementing customer service procedures for individual customers of a telephone network. The method and apparatus provides for the creation and execution of customized call processing information (CCPI) records to provide the desired service. The CCPI records are created by an operator at a display terminal to provide a visual representation of the desired service. The displayed representation of the service is translated into a binary representation and executed in a call processing environment to process calls to or from a phone number identified by the customer, in accordance with the customer's desires. Thus, each individual customer can design and have implemented unique telephone services.

Systems and processes providing programmable or customized customer

A multiprocessor data processing system is described in which the function of coordinating the actions of all of the processors of the multiprocessor system can be assigned to any one of the processors of the system. In order to ensure assignment of the coordinator function to one, and only one, of the processors, particularly in the presence of failures, a standard multiprocessor resource assignment procedure is used. To this end, the right to the assignment of the coordinator function is treated as an exclusively used system resource. Each CPU requests the coordinator function and the already available resource assignment procedure assigns the coordinator function to the requester at the top of a requestor queue. Exclusive assignment of the coordinator function is thereby accomplished regardless of the number, order or timing of component failures, and without the necessity of providing a separate coordination assignment facility.

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Thomas C Ely