Methods and apparatus for providing call screening and other communication services
US6697461B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/13256
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Call screening is provided by a call processing method, involving detecting a first call directed to the premises of a service subscriber requesting call processing instructions from a service control point in response to the first call, operating the service control point to instruct the signal switching point to temporarily park the first call at the signal switching point, and controlling the disposition of the first call as a function of a determination as to whether a second call to the service subscriber was answered by a machine or a human being.
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