Donald E Turner

US Patent:

63303183, Dec 11, 2001

Filed:

Sep 25, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/160815

Inventors:

Donald A. Turner - Plano TX
Timothy A. Morgan - Roswell GA
Franklin O. Shaffer - Herndon VA
Ranga R. Dendi - Plano TX

Assignee:

MCI WorldCom, Inc. - Washington DC

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 180
H04M 356
H04M 358

US Classification:

37920101

Abstract:

A method of interrupting a call between two parties in a switched telecommunications. A monitoring switch monitors the call for a party initiated interrupt signal. Whenever the monitoring switch receives an interrupt signal initiated by its associated party, the monitoring switch initiates a call between the party initiating the interrupt signal and a serving platform, and parks the other party at a port of the monitoring switch. The monitoring switch then monitors the status of the call between the party initiating the interrupt signal and the serving platform, and the status of the parked call so that the parties may be reconnected at the conclusion of the call between the requesting party and the serving platform or informed if one of the parties disconnects before they are reconnected.