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Methods and apparatus for authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services

US8396198B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2010
Grant dateMar 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M15/06
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for authorization and routing of outdial communication services are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises receiving a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center, and accessing an authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized, the authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center.

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