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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Richard Dean Terpstra, Superior, CO (US);
David Allen Tschirhart, Dale, TX (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing a virtual service control point in a telecommunications network. In one embodiment, the system and methods involve implementing the functions of a service control point (SCP) device on one or more computing devices, such as application servers of the network, of the telecommunications network to create a virtual service control point device. In one embodiment, the virtual SCP may translate toll-free communications, such as 8xx based telephone communications, into a destination address associated with a customer of the network. In addition to resolving communications into a destination address or number, a virtual SCP instantiated in a network may provide one or more routing rules or features for such communications to a customer.