Method of managing circuit switched and internet protocol telephone lines associated with a digital subscriber line service

US8204203B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Barry S. Bosik · Parsippany, US
• Amit Garg · Cinnaminson, US
• Lawrence David Jackel · Holmdel, US
• Rajeev B. Patil · Holmdel, US
• Patrick J. Smith · Boulder, US
• Thomas M. Smith · Iselin, US
• Jeffrey L. Tuttle · Hazlet, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2207/12
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of managing communications received by a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) terminating at a residence associated with a subscriber is disclosed. The DSL is divided into one baseband line, one or more derived lines and a data connection. A query is received from a Service Control Point (SCP) for subscriber preferences for handling an incoming communication. The query is translated into an Internet Protocol (IP) message and communicated to a web server. A Common Gateway Interface (CGI) application module is invoked that corresponds to the particular type of communication being sent to the residence. The subscriber's preferences for handling the particular type of communication are retrieved from a database. Based on the retrieved preferences and invoked CGI application, call handling instructions are sent to the SCP.