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Identifying a call made or received on behalf of another

US7130405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 2001
Grant dateOct 31, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2242/22
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, system, and program for identifying a call made or received on behalf of another are provided. In particular, a call request for a call is detected. A context for the call is requested from a context inference service, wherein the context indicates whether an on behalf of action is invoked for the call by the caller or callee. An on behalf of action may be requested by a caller or callee, automatically authorized by the on behalf of party, or inferred from other call context.

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