System and method for provision of a second line service to a telecommunications device

US10477001B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Movius Interactive Corporation · US

Inventors

• George Backhaus · Suwanee, US
• Philip Lowman · Ellijay, US
• Jingnesh Gandhi · Duluth, US
• Julio Gonzalez · Tucker, US
• John Green · Aurora, US
• Paul Rubenstein · Roswell, US
• Mike Speanburg · Lawrenceville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/345
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for providing a second line service (“SLS”) feature to a subscriber using a telecommunications device (“TD”) which includes receiving at a switch on the network of the subscriber's primary service provider a communication made up of a trigger and a directory number. When the communication is received at the primary service provider's switch, the switch parses the communication and detects the trigger. Once the switch has received the communication, the switch additionally transmits a query message to a SLS platform that manages the SLS feature. As a result of the switch's query message transmission, the switch receives a reply to the query message from the SLS platform. Based at least in part on the reply to the query message, the switch can route the communication such that the switch connects one or multiple voice channel circuit between the subscriber's TD and the terminating TD.