Method for providing virtual dedicated access to an inter-exchange carrier

US5901213A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• AT&T CORP. · US

Inventors

• Jose Benhabib · Freehold, US
• Sekar Ganesan · Waretown, US
• Gerald F. Healey · Spring Lake Heights, US
• David Lewis · Howell, US
• Robert A. Malmi · Red Bank, US
• Leslie Ellen Morton · Holmdel, US
• Alan M. Weinstock · Bedminster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 1996
• Grant date: May 4, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13399
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Virtual dedicated access of telecommunication subscribers (12, 14 and 16) to an inter-exchange carrier (IXC) (20) is provided by way of an intelligent local End Office switch (180) that routes calls either to the IXC or to a local End Office switch (18). The intelligent local End Office switch (180) advantageously serves to perform inter-exchange processing of calls, as required, for calls that originate with, or terminate at, a customer rather than automatically route calls to the IXC for such inter-exchange processing, as was previously required.