System and method of providing telecommunications special services to a telecommunications customer

US8848734B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Wilmoth · Gardner, US
• Kendra Dwyer · Wellsville, US
• Kelsyn D. S. Rooks · Overland Park, US
• Jeffery Sweeney · Olathe, US
• Shekhar Gupta · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M7/0096
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing telecommunications special services to customers of a communications service provider includes receiving first communications signals from customer premise equipment. The first communications signals may be processed using a special services card to generate second communications signal. The second communications signal may be communicated to a line termination unit operating externally from a BBDLC. The second communications signal may be processed by the line termination unit to generate a third communications signal. The third communications signal may be communicated to a transport card operating in the BBDLC. By externally processing special services signals from the BBDLC, bandwidth of the BBDLC may be utilized more efficiently.