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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
Mohana Saravanan Barathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward A. Clark, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Alan Eugene Frey, Naperville, IL (US);
Gang Gary Huang, Naperville, IL (US);
Prashant Shashikant Parikh, Naperville, IL (US);
Henry Thomas Peter, Campbell, CA (US);
Mohana Saravanan Barathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward A. Clark, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Alan Eugene Frey, Naperville, IL (US);
Gang Gary Huang, Naperville, IL (US);
Prashant Shashikant Parikh, Naperville, IL (US);
Henry Thomas Peter, Campbell, CA (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for permitting a telecommunications switch to interact with a plurality of feature servers. All feature request messages from the switch are directed to a service integration node. A Policy Manager software and database system in the service integration node analyzes received request messages from the telecommunications switch, and generates one or more request messages to one or more of the feature servers. The Policy Manager controls the sequencing of feature request messages in cases where a plurality of feature servers, or a plurality of different application programs on one feature server, are required in order to supply the telecommunications switch with the response information necessary for executing the feature. Advantageously, using this type of arrangement, a telecommunications switch can communicate with a plurality of feature servers while controlling interaction among different features triggered by a common event, such as an incoming call.