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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric Anton Deichstetter, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
When receiving a request from a telecommunications switch ( ) for a telephone call to a party, a loop carrier ( ) checks for errors and availability in the distribution resources that couple the called party to the digital loop carrier ( ). For a distribution resource error or unavailability, the digital loop carrier ( ) generates a distribution resource error message that is transmitted to the telecommunication switch ( ). The telecommunication switch ( ) applies terminating call features for the called party, such as voice mail or call forwarding, in response to the distribution resource error message.