Method and system for translating call processing requests

US6295345A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc · US

Inventors

• Steve M. Pullen · Rowlett, US
• Daniel Spencer · Georgetown, US
• Mario Monteiro · Garland, US
• Navdeep Singh · Plano, US
• Joseph E. Walker · Plano, US
• Steven R. Carson · Garland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 25, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13256
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A generic translator (10) is provided for processing service requests sent by a digit collection client (16). Requests include billing validation (11), call routing (19), call screening (17), account code validation (15) or other services. These requests are processed by the generic translator (10) and successful results are sent back to the digit collection client (16) or a trunk selection process (20). The generic translator (10) can access an external entity (18) to assist in digit translation (13).