Method and apparatus for initiating a telecommunications service

US6891941B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Tania Barthel · Birkenfeld, DE
• Can Davutoglu · Birkenfeld, DE
• Peter Moritz · Wiesendangen, CH
• Thomas Pförtner · Ehrenkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2000
• Grant date: May 10, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q3/0029
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A new method for initiating a telecommunication service is specified, which is independent of a call being set up after initiation by a service user. The application protocol (also called the IN Service Logic) is initiated by a so-called external trigger, or else a virtual trigger.