Arrangement for sharing a single signaling point code between multiple hosts in an IP-based network

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PATENT NO 7313129
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10365411

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A Voice over IP network having multiple signaling message transfer nodes (e.g., call agents, signaling gateways), communicate with switched circuit network nodes using a single point code. A signaling gateway, upon receiving an SS7 signaling message specifying a destination point code corresponding to its provisioned point code and carrying a signaling application protocol message, selects a destination call agent based on the originating point code in the SS7 signaling message and independent of the destination point code. The signaling gateway selectively outputs to the selected destination call agent an IP-based message carrying the signaling application protocol message according to a prescribed IP-based signaling message transport protocol, based on a determined availability of the selected destination call agent. The signaling gateway uses the User Part Unavailable message to inform the originating PSTN switch that the selected destination call agent is unavailable.

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CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134-1706

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bova, Thomas Joseph Arlington, VA 1 100
Ghotkar, Anant Rajabhau Herndon, VA 1 100
Morneault, Kenneth Alfred McLean, VA 3 179
Peterson, Larry Earl Apex, NC 2 110
Smart, II William Spencer Wake Forest, NC 1 100
Tsitsonis, Spyridon Dimitrios Leesburg, VA 1 100

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