SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCOMING AND OUTGOING INTERROGATIONS FOR STORE-AND-FORWARD SERVICES

摘要

A system and method for conforming the service profiles for non-call-related store-and-forward messages to those applicable to calls in an Intelligent Network (IN) telecommunications system comprising several Intelligent Peripherals (IPs) (911-914) connected to a Service Control Point (SCP) (901) over a network. When an IP (913) handling outgoing calls and messages receives an outgoing message or when an IP (911) handling incoming calls is queried by a subscriber (920-923 and 930-932), the IP (913, 911) interrogates (945, 941) the SCP (901) to determine whether any IN services such as restriction control and number translation have been requested, selected or imposed by or on either the sending or the receiving parties. The SCP (901) acknowledges (946, 942) the interrogation (945, 941) and returns the generated results to the IP (913, 911) for further processing, optionally by retrieving and analyzing a service script (902) corresponding to either the originating (930-932) or the terminating (920-923) party.