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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1997
Timothy Darland, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert F. Dickerman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Christopher P. Tofanelli, Marion, IA (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An advanced intelligent network gateway that allows communication between telecommunications network component that use different protocols. In one embodiment, the advanced intelligent network gateway is used to communicate between a manual operator console that are processing a customer's telephone call and a service data point which is a database containing information needed to process the customer's telephone call. However, the advanced intelligent network gateway may also be used to receive and transmit messages between other telecommunications components. In addition, methods for protocol conversion are described. One method for protocol conversion is for the conversion of a transaction capabilities application part message from a user datagram protocol/internet protocol implementation to a transmission control protocol/internet protocol implementation or vice versa. Methods for receiving and transmitting transaction capabilities application part messages are also described.