Robert J Rubin

US Patent:

55835643, Dec 10, 1996

Filed:

Apr 24, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/427538

Inventors:

Usha Rao - Aberdeen NJ
Robert M. Rubin - Morristown NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04N 714
H04M 354

US Classification:

348 14

Abstract:

Intelligent call forwarding is implemented through an intelligent network. The intelligent network includes a Service Switching Point (SSP), a Service Control Point (SCP), and a Service Management System (SMS). A call to a network subscriber is routed to the SSP which is used to detect Call Forwarding "triggers"--conditions which require the SSP to initiate selective Call Forwarding service. When a Call Forwarding trigger is detected the SSP passes the calling party's number to the SCP and requests call handling instructions from the SCP. The SCP provides the call handling instructions, as provisioned by the subscriber, to the SSP, and the SSP then forwards the call in accordance with the instructions. The SMS formulates and sends commands to the SCP for such purposes as changing the stored subscriber instructions or updating service features. By provisioning the SCP with appropriate instructions the forwarding destination for a call may be made to depend upon the time of day, day of the week, caller's identity, and/or status of the called telephone.

US Patent:

55219691, May 28, 1996

Filed:

Oct 14, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/323294

Inventors:

Conrad J. Paulus - Bridgewater NJ
Robert M. Rubin - Morristown NJ
Joseph J. Serinese - Bridgewater NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1700
H04M 342
H04M 300

US Classification:

379142

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed for alerting a person placing a telephone call when a dialed number subscribes to a Caller Identification Service. A long distance party is called direct using standard 1+ calling. The call is routed through a long distance carrier switching network which is coupled to a signaling network. The signaling network routes the caller's identification information together with the dialed number to the switches in the switching network. The switching network includes a subscription table for determining whether the dialed number subscribes to the aforesaid service. If the dialed number is a subscriber, the caller's identification information and the dialed number are routed from the switching network to a Customer Long Distance Adjunct. The adjunct transmits a message to the caller via the switching network informing the caller that the dialed number is a subscriber. The message may also instruct the caller on the procedure for blocking or unblocking delivery of his identification information.