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Calling party number selection for outbound telephone calls to mitigate robocall processing impacts

  • US 10,182,034 B1
  • Filed: 07/03/2018
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for selecting calling party telephone numbers for outgoing calls, the system comprising:

  • a memory storing;

    a calling list comprising a plurality of call records;

    a pool comprising a plurality of calling party telephone numbers; and

    at least one computer processor in a dialer configured to;

    retrieve a first called party telephone number in a first call record in the calling list for a first outgoing call;

    originate the first outgoing call directed to the first called party telephone number using a first calling party telephone number from the pool when originating the first outgoing call;

    associate a robocall tag with the first calling party number in the memory reflecting the first calling party number is tagged as a robocall;

    select a second calling party telephone number from the pool after determining the first calling party number is associated with the robocall tag, wherein the second calling party telephone number from the pool is not associated with the robocall tag;

    retrieve a second call record comprising a second called party number from the calling list for a second outgoing call; and

    originate the second outgoing call based using the second calling party telephone number when originating the second outgoing call.

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