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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Randy M. Mcdonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Randy M. McDonald, Roswell, GA (US);
Terry R. Droke, Woodstock, GA (US);
Mortimer P. Burnett, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detection of invalid and undesirable conditions associated with a telephone network. The invalid and undesirable conditions can include, for example, call looping, misrouting, mass calling, and excessive redialing. Initial Address Messages associated with SS7 protocols are captured, parsed, and analyzed for detection of these conditions. A system in accordance with the present invention can be a device external to a switch that generate the messages. Alternatively, a microprocessor of the switch can be adapted to execute instruction sets disclosed in the present invention.