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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Robert Born, Plano, TX (US);
Clint Wagner, Allen, TX (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
System and method for controlling a telecommunications device such as an echo canceller within a telecommunications system. The system and method include and involve a switching system that is configured to receive a call from a calling station and to route said call within said telecommunications system, and an ancillary telecommunications device that is configured to control a call processing parameter to affect said call. The switching system and the ancillary telecommunications device are coupled to each other via a channelized call data network. The channelized call data network is configured to communicate data corresponding to the call over at least one data channel. The ancillary telecommunications device may control the call processing parameter to affect the call based on a directive issued by the switching system to the ancillary telecommunications device during the call. The directive is contained within at least one channel of the channelized call data network. Additionally, the channelized call data network may be completely used for call processing and call payload transport even after the ancillary telecommunications device operates as directed (e.g., activates, deactivates, etc.) during the call.