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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Fraser Smith, London, GB;
Inventor:
Fraser Smith, London, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/537 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/537 (2013.01); H04M 7/0036 (2013.01); H04M 7/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a communications device () to successively querying a remote service platform () for service information updates, the method comprising at the device: monitoring a PSTN line for a trigger event associated with a PSTN call; determining if a trigger event has occurred, and if so, establishing a data session with the remote service platform; generating a request for a service information update, the request including a calling line identifier for the PSTN line; and sending the request to the remote service platform.