Method and system for an intelligent telephone prefix dialer
First Claim
1. A computer implemented telephone dialing method for call completion to connect a subscriber to a called party, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting a default dialing prefix entered by the subscriber;
storing the default dialing prefix in non-volatile memory;
accepting a dial string on a telephone network, the dial string being initiated by the subscriber;
determining whether the subscriber initiated dial string has a required number of incomplete digits related to a number of digits of the default dialing prefix;
completing the call by using a complete dial string, the complete dial string being comprised of the subscriber initiated dial string appended to the default dialing prefix if the user initiated dial string was determined to have the required number of incomplete digits related to the number of digits of the default dialing prefix, and alternatively, the complete dial string being comprised of the subscriber initiated dial string without being appended to the default dialing prefix if the user initiated dial string was determined to not have the required number of incomplete digits related to the number of digits of the default dialing prefix; and
, wherein the call is completed thereby connecting the subscriber to the called party.
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Abstract
Method and system for an Intelligent Prefix Dialer eliminates the necessity for manually dialing an area code as a prefix to a call in telephone systems in which such action is a requirement. The Intelligent Prefix Dialer can be resident in a service provider'"'"'s Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) and is capable of analyzing the dialing sequence from the caller'"'"'s Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) to determine when the caller wishes to dial seven digits. In the event that the caller has dialed seven digits or less, the present invention can append the abbreviated digits the caller has dialed to a caller defined default prefix, in order to form a complete telephone number to be used by the telephone network to establish the connection to a called party.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented telephone dialing method for call completion to
connect a subscriber to a called party, the method comprising the steps of: -
accepting a default dialing prefix entered by the subscriber;
storing the default dialing prefix in non-volatile memory;
accepting a dial string on a telephone network, the dial string being initiated by the subscriber;
determining whether the subscriber initiated dial string has a required number of incomplete digits related to a number of digits of the default dialing prefix;
completing the call by using a complete dial string, the complete dial string being comprised of the subscriber initiated dial string appended to the default dialing prefix if the user initiated dial string was determined to have the required number of incomplete digits related to the number of digits of the default dialing prefix, and alternatively, the complete dial string being comprised of the subscriber initiated dial string without being appended to the default dialing prefix if the user initiated dial string was determined to not have the required number of incomplete digits related to the number of digits of the default dialing prefix; and
,wherein the call is completed thereby connecting the subscriber to the called party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for call completion within a service provider'"'"'s Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) comprising:
- a Service Switching Point (SSP);
a Service Control Point (SCP) in operable communication with the Service Switching Point;
the SSP being operable in conjunction with computer executable code to provide the capability of capturing, counting, and timing an interdigit delay time of a subscriber initiated dial string entered from a customer premise equipment (CPE);
the SCP being operable in conjunction with computer executable code to provide the capability of storing a default dialing prefix in a user options database, determining whether the subscriber initiated dial string has a required number of incomplete digits related to a number of digits of the default dialing prefix, appending the subscriber initiated dial string to the default dialing prefix only if the user initiated dial string was determined to have the required number of incomplete digits, sending the complete dial string to the SSP; and
, wherein the SSP has the capability of establishing call connection based on the complete dial string. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- a Service Switching Point (SSP);
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