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Anti-looping for a multigateway multi-carrier network

US8325891B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 2010
Grant dateDec 4, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2203/055
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting and terminating a looping condition occurring in a telecommunications network comprising receiving a call offer comprising receiving call identification data associated with the call offer at a switching component, querying a looping engine using the call identification data to detect a looping condition, identifying a number of occurrences of the call identification data within a predetermined time frame, comparing the number of occurrences against a predetermined count, and returning a message to the switching component based on the comparison, the message indicating whether a looping condition exists in the telecommunications network.

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