Methods and apparatus for data structure driven authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services
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1. A method of determining whether an outdial call is authorized, comprising:
- obtaining a call criterion from a request to authorize an outdial communication service call; and
retrieving an authorization result based on the call criterion by accessing a data structure that correlates a plurality of authorization results with a plurality of call criteria, wherein each of the plurality of authorization results is selectively modifiable.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for data structure driven authorization and routing of outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises obtaining a call criterion from a request to authorize an outdial communication service call, and retrieving an authorization result based on the call criterion by accessing a data structure that correlates a plurality of authorization results with a plurality of call criteria, wherein each of the plurality of authorization results is selectively modifiable.
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1. A method of determining whether an outdial call is authorized, comprising:
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obtaining a call criterion from a request to authorize an outdial communication service call; and
retrieving an authorization result based on the call criterion by accessing a data structure that correlates a plurality of authorization results with a plurality of call criteria, wherein each of the plurality of authorization results is selectively modifiable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An outdial authorizer, comprising:
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an authorization request interface to receive a request to authorize an outdial communication service call;
a criterion parser to obtain a call criterion from the request; and
an analyzer to determine if the outdial communication service is authorized based on the call criterion. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A communication network, comprising:
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an application server to initiate an outdial communication service call by communicating an authorization request associated with the outdial communication service call; and
a policy server including an outdial authorizer to receive the authorization request and to determine an authorization for the outdial communication service based on a call criterion contained in the request. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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