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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Michael L Bridges, Richmond, VA (US);
James A Craig, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Lewis D Dodrill, Richmond, VA (US);
John D Fink, Midlothian, VA (US);
William E Jones, Richmond, VA (US);
AT&T Corp., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A facility is provided in a telecommunications network which transforms a particular type of telephone call connection, e.g., a connection carrying a call placed to a source of information at the point that it enters the network into a digital network connection extending to the back end of a services platform and interfacing with the called destination. Advantageously, then, a voice connection that is typically established via the telecommunications network to an information source is replaced by an inexpensive digital connection and an information services unit.