US Patent No: 6,778,560

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Signaling/media separation for telecommunication network system and method

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Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a general-purpose media layer for a distributed feature system. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a distributed feature system environment is disclosed in which paths carrying media, e.g. voice or text, are fully separated from signaling paths. A plurality of media processing components are utilized to establish media channels separate from signaling channels and wherein each media processing component is assigned to one or more feature components in the distributed feature system.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
AT&T CORP.NEW YORK, NY4119

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cheung, Eric New York, NY 39 132
Jackson, Michael A London, GB 11 54
Zave, Pamela Chatham, NJ 34 228

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
AT&T CORP. (1)
6,160,883 Telecommunications network system and method 47 1998
 
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (1)
6,658,022 Signaling protocol for controlling voice calls in a packet switching network 20 1999
 
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (1)
6,353,610 Method and system for call signaling in telephone calls over a packet-switched network 25 1998
 
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (1)
6,418,205 Call and circuit state machine for a transaction control layer of a communications signaling gateway 11 1998
 
MOTOROLA, INC. (1)
5,680,437 Signaling system seven distributed call terminating processor 53 1996

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
AT&T CORP. (1)
7,167,554 Routing optimizations for telecommunications network system and method 1 2004
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (1)
8,179,802 Method and apparatus for managing audio contention in networks 0 2008
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. (1)
8,126,017 Method for address translation in telecommunication features 0 2005
 
LUMINUS DEVICES, INC. (1)
8,405,298 Large emission area light-emitting devices 0 2011

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