Method and telephone network for switching telephone connections
US6421441B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/02
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telephone network wherein a subscriber data register (TND) is provided in an exchange (UAT, ZAT) for each subscriber (TN1, TN2) allocated thereto and an intelligent services controller (SCP) is allocated to the originating and/or destination office, whereby a coordinate register (GKR) that contains the geographical coordinates of the subscriber line is additionally provided in the exchange (UAT, ZAT) for each subscriber line (TN1, TN2), and the exchange is configured for fetching the coordinates of the calling or called subscriber from the coordinate register given every outgoing and/or arriving call and for making these coordinates together with the subscriber data and other call data available to an intelligent services controller (SCP) allocated to it and/or for forwarding these in the network for further employment by another exchange and an intelligent services controller allocated to it.
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