Abstract: Systems for in-band control that establish relationships between incoming data and one or more destinations to which the data is to be transmitted. In the in-band control embodiments described herein, a connection is established between two ends of a circuit by provisioning at one end of the circuit. A circuit connection table is kept at both ends of the circuit. This table contains the new and existing circuit connection information. A software process writes to the connection table at the local end of the circuit with the address information of the remote end of the circuit. The circuit connection information is to be periodically sent to the remote end to establish or tear down new connections.

Abstract: The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, state machine design tools that generate computer executable state machines from schematic representations, typically flow charts, of a process. In one particular embodiment the proscesses being represented are processes for implementing a telephony or telecommunication service. For example, the methods described herein include state machine design tools that allow a user to generate state machines by creating and processing a flow chart representation of a telephony service, such as a call waiting service.