Method and system for providing a privacy management service
First Claim
1. A method for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system, said method comprising:
- initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number, wherein said initiating is performed by a subscriber;
determining if said called party telephone number is located in a subscriber database corresponding to said subscriber;
adding said called party telephone number to said subscriber database in response to said determining resulting in not locating said called party telephone number in said subscriber database; and
connecting said telephone call between said subscriber telephone number and said called party telephone number.
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Abstract
A method for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system including initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number. The initiating is performed by a subscriber. It is determined if the called party telephone number is located in a subscriber database corresponding to the subscriber. The called party telephone number is added to the subscriber database in response to the determining resulting in not locating the called party telephone number in the subscriber database. The telephone call between the subscriber telephone and the called party telephone number is connected.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system, said method comprising:
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initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number, wherein said initiating is performed by a subscriber;
determining if said called party telephone number is located in a subscriber database corresponding to said subscriber;
adding said called party telephone number to said subscriber database in response to said determining resulting in not locating said called party telephone number in said subscriber database; and
connecting said telephone call between said subscriber telephone number and said called party telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system having a service switching point in communication with a subscriber telephone having a subscriber telephone number, and a service control point in communication with the service switching point, said system comprising:
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an off-hook delay trigger provisioned on the subscriber line at the service switching point for triggering a query to the service control point whenever a telephone call is made from the subscriber telephone number to a called party number;
a subscriber database in communication with the service control point; and
a service package application on the service control point for responding to the query by determining whether the called party number is located in the subscriber database, wherein;
when the called party number is not located in the subscriber database, the service package application adds the called party number to the subscriber database and routes the telephone call to the called party number; and
when the called party number is located in the subscriber database, the service package application routes the call to the called party number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;
initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number, wherein said initiating is performed by a subscriber;
determining if said called party telephone number is located in a subscriber database corresponding to said subscriber;
adding said called party telephone number to said subscriber database in response to said determining resulting in not locating said called party telephone number in said subscriber database; and
connecting said telephone call between said subscriber telephone number and said called party telephone number.
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