A telephone switching center is controlled by a server computer (22) utilizing a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is connected to a World Wide Web (WWW) network. It is proposed to provide, between a HTTP server (22) and the switching system (23), a control program (20) which enables control...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6181691?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6181691 - Control of a telephone switching system over a digital information network