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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Charles E. Woodson, Peculiar, MO (US);
Baoquan Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas M. Sladek, Overland Park, KS (US);
Charles E. Woodson, Peculiar, MO (US);
Baoquan Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas M. Sladek, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
In a telecommunications network having switching points (such as SSPs and/or MSCs) controlled by a control point (such as an SCP), the switching points are provisioned to send messages to the control point when they encounter trigger conditions during processing of a call to a called station that has a forward-to number. When the control point receives the messages, it determines whether a loop condition exists, i.e., whether the call has already been forwarded from the forward-to number. If the control point determines that a loop condition exists, the control point instructs the switching point so as not to forward the call to the forward-to number.