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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Patrick Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen Sorice, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ketan Shah, Cary, NC (US);
Nortel-Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method enabling telephony service subscribers to access and use call-related information associated with telephony services. In one aspect, the present invention allows telephony service subscribers to access call-related information stored by telephony network nodes through use of service subscriber terminals connected to a telephony service provider server. In another aspect, both the subscriber terminals and the service provider server are connected to, and communicate through, a public data network. The service provider server is also disposed to communicate with various nodes of a telephony network using various telephony signaling protocols. In another aspect, the present invention receives requests to activate or deactivate telephony services from subscriber terminals and converts the requests into a format compatible with the telephony network nodes. In another aspect, the present invention allows service subscribers to place calls using call-related information received from the service information management system.