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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Axel Simon, Paris, FR;
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Signaling system for public switched telephone network (PSTN) using a blockchain system. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes determining that a phone call related operation between a first telecommunications operator and a second telecommunications operator has been requested. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) comprises the first telecommunications operator and the second telecommunications operator. The method also includes updating, by a node of a blockchain system, a distributed ledger to indicate that the phone call related operation between the first telecommunications operator and the second telecommunications operator has been requested. The method further includes analyzing the distributed ledger to determine if the phone call related operation has been approved. The method further includes proceeding with the phone call related operation in response to determining that the phone call related operation has been approved.