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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Steven S. Shuman, Monument, CO (US);
William A. Sims, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of setting up a conference has the following steps: 1) selecting a conference bridge (,) and a conference number; 2) dialing a conference number; 3) when a private branch exchange (,) seizes an off-network trunk (,), receiving the conference number at a interexchange carrier service switching point; 4) routing the conference call to a local exchange carrier service switching point (,); 5) routing the conference call over a dedicated access line (,) to an on-network service switching point (,); 6) triggering on the conference call at the on-network service switching point (,); 7) sending a query to a service control point (,); 8) receiving a routing instructions from the service control point (,); and 9) routing the conference call to the conference bridge (,).