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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Richard John Titmuss, Ipswich, GB;
Christopher Simon Winter, Ipswich, GB;
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Abstract
Routing apparatus for a telecommunication system includes a telecommunications user apparatus arranged to generate a request for a telecommunications delivery service, to receive a plurality of telecommunications delivery service offers and to select one of them. The system also intends a plurality of telecommunication service supply apparatuses each arranged to receive one of the request to generate an offer signal specifying a proposed delivery service and to receive an acceptance signal indicating acceptance thereof and, on receipt thereof, to generate a service provision invitation. The system further provides a plurality of resource supplier apparatuses each representing a communications resource arranged to communicate with each of said service supply apparatuses. The resource supplier apparatus is arranged to receive an invitation to determine whether the telecommunications resource they represent would contribute to the provision of the corresponding service; and, if so, to signal this to the service supply apparatus. The service supply apparatus is arranged, on the basis of signals from the resource supplier apparatus to select the route subsequent to the offer of the service.