Identifying phone calls for internet telephony feature handling by routing the phone calls to a softswitch via a dedicated trunk

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9531762
APP PUB NO 20090109958A1
SERIAL NO

11926672

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A communication system includes a plurality of time division multiplexed (TDM) public switched telephone network (PSTN) trunks, a Signal Control Point (SCP), a Softswitch, and an Internet telephony call controller. The SCP a plurality of phone numbers for time division multiplexed TDM PSTN lines with an Internet telephony feature group that has Internet telephony feature handling. The SCP routes phone calls that are directed to phone numbers in the Internet telephony feature group through at least one dedicated trunk of the PSTN to the Softswitch. The Softswitch routes phone calls that it receives on the dedicated trunk to the Internet telephony call controller for Internet telephony feature handling.

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AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC824 MARKET STREET SUITE 425 WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
La, Pierre Stephen Union City, US 1 2
Lin, Shiejye Geoffrey Duluth, US 15 208

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