Managing feature interaction among a plurality of independent feature servers in telecommunications servers

US6847639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. · US

Inventors

• Mohana Saravanan Barathan · Sunnyvale, US
• Edward Clark · Seattle, US
• Alan E. Frey · Naperville, US
• Gang Gary Huang · Naperville, US
• Prashant Parikh · Holtsville, US
• Henry Thomas Peter · Einbeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/4217
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for permitting a telecommunications switch to interact with a plurality of feature servers. All feature request messages from the switch are directed to a service integration node. A Policy Manager software and database system in the service integration node analyzes received request messages from the telecommunications switch, and generates one or more request messages to one or more of the feature servers. The Policy Manager controls the sequencing of feature request messages in cases where a plurality of feature servers, or a plurality of different application programs on one feature server, are required in order to supply the telecommunications switch with the response information necessary for executing the feature. Advantageously, using this type of arrangement, a telecommunications switch can communicate with a plurality of feature servers while controlling interaction among different features triggered by a common event, such as an incoming call.