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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Daniel Charles Sbisa, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Shigeru Uchiyama, Overland Park, KS (US);
Karen Harden Miller, Overland Park, KS (US);
Bruce Fredrick Salisbury, Olathe, KS (US);
James David Setter, Overland Park, KS (US);
Steven Eugene Norby, Lafayette, CO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A Service Control Point (SCP) directs a telecommunications network to connect a resource only when the resource is needed. When the resource is no longer needed, the SCP selects a new connection for the network. The SCP directs the network to disconnect the resource and use the new connection so the resource does not remain on the line during the entire call. The invention can be used to add and drop multiple resources from a call while the call is in progress. The SCP also provides context information for the call so multiple resources can access context information for the call.