Use of multipoint connection services to establish call-tapping points in a switched network
US5754532A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/13372
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing a call-tapping point in a switched network with point-to-multipoint functionality. The tapping point is added as an additional destination for data being sent from a source node to a first destination node. The tapping point is also added as a destination for data being sent from the first destination node to the source node. A merge operation is performed for finding and combining common segments of the paths between the source and destination, the source and tapping point, and the destination and tapping point.
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