CA2255344A1 - Marking and screening telephone calls - Google Patents

Marking and screening telephone calls

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CA2255344A1
CA2255344A1 CA002255344A CA2255344A CA2255344A1 CA 2255344 A1 CA2255344 A1 CA 2255344A1 CA 002255344 A CA002255344 A CA 002255344A CA 2255344 A CA2255344 A CA 2255344A CA 2255344 A1 CA2255344 A1 CA 2255344A1
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call
called party
switch
telephone
marking
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Matthew R. Ii Holiday
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Rockstar Consortium US LP
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Northern Telecom Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/436—Arrangements for screening incoming calls, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
    • H04M3/5158—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing in combination with automated outdialling systems

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Exchanges (AREA)

Abstract

A system and method that controls calls, such as telephone solicitations, by a calling party to a called party. A switch receives a call from the calling party and marks the call to identify it as a telephone solicitation. Such marking can be performed in various ways, such as altering a forward call indicator of an IAM message if the switch is using an ISUP procedure, or providing a station type with information digits used in multi-frequency signaling. After the call has been marked, it can then be identified by a switch serving the called party as a telephone solicitation. Once identified, the switch then analyzes a profile for the called party and determines how to complete the call. For example, if the profile indicates that the called party does not want to receive telephone solicitations, the call will not be completed to the called party, but instead will receive alternate treatment.
CA002255344A 1997-12-12 1998-12-09 Marking and screening telephone calls Expired - Fee Related CA2255344C (en)

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US08/990,109 US6115457A (en) 1997-12-12 1997-12-12 Marking and screening telephone calls
US08/990,109 1997-12-12

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CA (1) CA2255344C (en)
DE (1) DE19857003A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2772536B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2332338B (en)

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CA2255344C (en) 2008-10-21
FR2772536A1 (en) 1999-06-18
FR2772536B1 (en) 2000-10-13
US6385310B1 (en) 2002-05-07
US6115457A (en) 2000-09-05
GB2332338B (en) 2002-06-19
GB9827399D0 (en) 1999-02-03
DE19857003A1 (en) 1999-06-17
GB2332338A (en) 1999-06-16

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