CA2340260A1 - A method and apparatus for determining whether a fee is to be charged to a party initiating a telephone call - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for determining whether a fee is to be charged to a party initiating a telephone call Download PDF

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CA2340260A1
CA2340260A1 CA002340260A CA2340260A CA2340260A1 CA 2340260 A1 CA2340260 A1 CA 2340260A1 CA 002340260 A CA002340260 A CA 002340260A CA 2340260 A CA2340260 A CA 2340260A CA 2340260 A1 CA2340260 A1 CA 2340260A1
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Michael O. Council
Daniel J. Santos
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CBT FLINT PARTNERSHIP
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Michael O. Council
Daniel J. Santos
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/38—Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
    • H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
    • H04L51/212—Monitoring or handling of messages using filtering or selective blocking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/12—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/72—Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
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Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining whether a party initiating a telephone call is authorized by the recipient party to communicate with the recipient party. If the calling party is not authorized (34), a fee may be charged (37) to the calling party in order for communication to the recipient party to continue.
Processing equipment located at the subscriber's central office is programmed to determine the identity (32) of the calling party and determine if the calling party is an authorized party to the communication recipient. This is done by comparing the calling parties identity (32) or telephone number to a pre-programmed list (34) of authorized calling parties associated with the called parties identifier or telephone number.
CA002340260A 1998-08-10 1999-08-10 A method and apparatus for determining whether a fee is to be charged to a party initiating a telephone call Expired - Fee Related CA2340260C (en)

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US9593998P 1998-08-10 1998-08-10
US60/095,939 1998-08-10
US09/145,710 1998-09-02
US09/145,710 US6192114B1 (en) 1998-09-02 1998-09-02 Method and apparatus for billing a fee to a party initiating an electronic mail communication when the party is not on an authorization list associated with the party to whom the communication is directed
PCT/US1999/018183 WO2000010318A1 (en) 1998-08-10 1999-08-10 A method and apparatus for determining whether a fee is to be charged to a party initiating a telephone call

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CA2340260A1 true CA2340260A1 (en) 2000-02-24
CA2340260C CA2340260C (en) 2004-10-19

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WO (1) WO2000010318A1 (en)

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JP3399436B2 (en) 2000-03-13 2003-04-21 日本電気株式会社 Call billing system
GB2394620B (en) * 2000-03-13 2004-07-21 Nec Corp Special call-fee charging method

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US5473671A (en) * 1994-03-11 1995-12-05 At&T Corp. Selective screening of incoming calls for cellular telephone systems
US5651053A (en) * 1995-01-26 1997-07-22 Mitchell; Peter P. Telephone call screening
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US5680446A (en) * 1995-08-24 1997-10-21 Southwestern Bell Technology Resources, Inc. Advanced intelligent network screening
US5832072A (en) * 1996-11-27 1998-11-03 Bell Communications Research, Inc. Communication network with hidden calling number capability

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