Patent · US Expired

Suppression of call answer supervision in a telephone network by an intelligent peripheral

US6055306A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1997
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13546
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to an intelligent peripheral (IP) for connecting to a telephone network and providing added capabilities to the network. More particularly the invention relates to programmable suppression of call answer supervision by an intelligent peripheral or a voice recognition unit in a telephone network. The method comprises the steps of: the peripheral device receiving a call setup message from a network switch when a call is being initiated. The IP, on receipt of the call setup signal, suppresses the normal answer signal output and instead outputs a progress signal to the network switch. For an ISDN network the progress signal is a Progress Indicator PI=08 signal.

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