Appeal No. 2003-0330
Application No. 09/533,805
June 6, 2002 and was also entered by the examiner. Accordingly,
this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-14,
16-23, 25-32 and 34-38.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for managing a call between an originator and a
destination in a telecommunication network. More particularly,
the invention relates to prepaid telephone calls, and the
invention routes call signaling, but not the call itself, to a
service control point if the call is associated with a prepaid
service.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of managing a call between an
originator and a destination in a telecommunications
network, comprising:
receiving a call initiation from an originator;
determining one of a plurality of service types
associated with a call relating to said call
initiation;
routing call signaling and not said call itself to
a service control point if said service type is a
prepaid service type, said service control point having
a database of profiles of a plurality of subscribers in
a telecommunications network; and
establishing a communication link between said
originator and said destination.
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