Service node for providing telecommunication services
US6831915B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W76/10
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telephone network is provided with a service node SN (50) having an interface to the Internet. The SN (50) has a voice service browser (51) which it can use to access resources on the Internet, these resources preferably being held on WWW servers (52). A user of the telephone network places his own service logic programs, in the form of applets 55, on his WWW home page (53) together with content items such announcements and messages; these content items may be embedded in the applets (55) or held in separate files. When the SN (50) receives a service request to supply a service to a user identified as having his own service logic programs and content items available on the WWW, the voice service browser (51) reaches out over the WWW to retrieve the relevant service applet (55) and any associated content items. The voice service browser (51) then executes the applet (55) to provide the desired service including the delivery of content items through a text-to-voice converter or the like.
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