Method and system for playing packetized annoucements to telephone network end office switching systems from a centralized digital recorded announcement unit

Abstract

A computer readable medium stores a computer program that provisions an announcement to be played to a requester. The computer readable medium stores and include code segments. A storing code segment stores multiple announcements. A receiving code segment receives a request to send the announcement to be played to the requester to an announcement device, in response to a determination that the announcement is not stored locally at the announcement device. A sending code segment sends the announcement to the announcement device in response to the request.

1 . A computer readable medium for storing a computer program that provisions an announcement to be played to a requester, the computer readable medium comprising:
 a storing code segment that stores a plurality of announcements;   a receiving code segment that receives a request to send the announcement to be played to the requester to an announcement device, in response to a determination that the announcement is not stored locally at the announcement device; and   a sending code segment that sends the announcement to the announcement device in response to the request.   
   
   
       2 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the announcement is sent to the announcement device via a voice over internet protocol communication. 
   
   
       3 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 2 , wherein the announcement device converts voice over internet protocol packets to time division multiplexing voice data. 
   
   
       4 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the announcement is sent to the announcement device via one of internet protocol packets, asynchronous transfer mode cells, or frame relay frames. 
   
   
       5 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the announcement device is connected to a central office switch. 
   
   
       6 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , further comprising an announcement receiving code segment that receives the announcement from a processor. 
   
   
       7 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the announcement device comprises an intelligent peripheral configured to communicate using at least one of a media gateway control protocol and a session initiation protocol. 
   
   
       8 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 1 , further comprising a converting code segment that converts the announcement to voice over internet protocol packets. 
   
   
       9 . A method for provisioning an announcement to be played to a requester, the method comprising:
 storing a plurality of announcements at a centralized storage;   receiving a request to send the announcement to be played to the requester to an announcement device, in response to a determination that the announcement is not stored locally at the announcement device; and   sending the announcement to the announcement device in response to the request.   
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the announcement is sent to the announcement device via a voice over internet protocol communication. 
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the announcement device converts voice over internet protocol packets to time division multiplexing voice data. 
   
   
       12 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the announcement is sent to the announcement device via one of internet protocol packets, asynchronous transfer mode cells, or frame relay frames. 
   
   
       13 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the announcement device is connected to a central office switch. 
   
   
       14 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the announcement device comprises an intelligent peripheral configured to operate at least one of the media gateway control protocol or session initiation protocol. 
   
   
       15 . A recorded announcement system for provisioning an announcement to be played to a requester, the system comprising:
 a centralized recorded announcement unit configured to store the announcement and to send the announcement to an announcement device in response to a determination that the announcement is not locally stored at the announcement device.   
   
   
       16 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein the announcement is sent to the announcement device via a voice over internet protocol communication. 
   
   
       17 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein the announcements are stored in at least one of waveform audio format (WAV) and mpeg 3 (mp3). 
   
   
       18 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein the announcement is sent in response to a request received via a router. 
   
   
       19 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein the announcement device comprises a switch that determines a particular announcement to provide to a requester. 
   
   
       20 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein the announcements are stored in at least one of pulse code modulation (PCM) and adaptive pulse code modulation (ADPCM) formats.