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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Barbara Cosgriff, Apex, NC (US);
William Gentry, Cary, NC (US);
R. Emery Hanzel, Apex, NC (US);
Patrick Lee Price, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
James Ziesig, Apex, NC (US);
Chandrakant Gundecha, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gary Steven Franks, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nortel Networks, Ltd., St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention perform enhanced services for wireline and wireless subscribers in an integrated wireline and wireless switching system. The enhanced services may include, for example, group dialing plans, message waiting indicator activation, call forwarding, simultaneous ringing, call conferencing, calling line identification, automatic call back, automatic recall, speed dialing services, and/or any other services that may be provided by a switching system to wireless and/or wireline subscribers. When a calling wireline and/or wireless subscriber requests one or more of the enhanced services, the integrated wireline and wireless switching system determines the line types associated with the wireline and/or wireless devices of a called subscriber, and identifies references to one or more shared procedures for performing the enhanced services according to the determined line types without creating direct dependencies between wireline and wireless modules in the integrated wireline and wireless switching system. Finally, the integrated wireline and wireless switching system executes the identified procedures to perform the shared services.