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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Kumar Ramaswamy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Robert Andrew Rhodes, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert Jay Kniskern, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
John William Richardson, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Arthur Dean Haldeman, Unionville, IN (US);
Kumar Ramaswamy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Robert Andrew Rhodes, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert Jay Kniskern, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
John William Richardson, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Arthur Dean Haldeman, Unionville, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A system and method for providing a voice and/or data service is thus presented, comprising the following. A connection request is detected. The connection request is formatted into a data cell. The data cell is sent to a service control point. The service control point determines in real time whether a connection to public switch network is available. If the connection to a public switch network is available, the requested connection is set up as a virtual circuit connection to the public switch network.