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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Kevin M. Patfield, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David Peter Strand, Scottscale, AZ (US);
Kevin M. Patfield, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David Peter Strand, Scottscale, AZ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of provisioning a gateway () is provided in a telecommunications network including a circuit-switched network () and a packet-switched network (). The gateway () bridges calls between the circuit-switched network () and the packet-switched network (). The method includes: receiving a registration message from consumer premises equipment (CPE) (), the message including an address for the CPE () on the packet-switched network (); determining a directory number (DN) for the CPE (); placing a probe call to the determined DN over the circuit-switched network (); receiving a call from the circuit-switched network (), the call being terminated at a call reference value (CRV); recognizing the received call received from the circuit-switched network () as the probe call; capturing the CRV at which the probe call is terminated; and, associating the captured CRV with the address for the CPE ().