Systems And Methods For Providing Enhanced Telephone Services
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1. A method comprising:
- recognizing, at a switch, tones generated by an originating telephone line, the tones representing a common number of a party and associated with telephone lines of the party;
recognizing, at the switch, that the party has answered one of the associated telephone lines;
sending a challenge to the answered telephone line;
awaiting the party to satisfy the challenge; and
establishing a telephone connection between the originating telephone line and the answered telephone line if the challenge is satisfied.
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Abstract
A switching platform comprises a first circuit for recognizing tones generated by an originating telephone line, the tones representing a common number of a party and associated with telephone lines of the party, a second circuit for recognizing that the party has answered one of the associated telephone lines, a third circuit for sending a challenge to the answered telephone line, a fourth circuit for awaiting the party to satisfy the challenge, and a fifth circuit for establishing a telephone connection between the originating telephone line and the answered telephone line if the challenge is satisfied.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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recognizing, at a switch, tones generated by an originating telephone line, the tones representing a common number of a party and associated with telephone lines of the party; recognizing, at the switch, that the party has answered one of the associated telephone lines; sending a challenge to the answered telephone line; awaiting the party to satisfy the challenge; and establishing a telephone connection between the originating telephone line and the answered telephone line if the challenge is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A switching platform comprising:
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a first circuit for recognizing tones generated by an originating telephone line, the tones representing a common number of a party and associated with telephone lines of the party; a second circuit for recognizing that the party has answered one of the associated telephone lines; a third circuit for sending a challenge to the answered telephone line; a fourth circuit for awaiting the party to satisfy the challenge; and a fifth circuit for establishing a telephone connection between the originating telephone line and the answered telephone line if the challenge is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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means for recognizing, at a switch, tones generated by an originating telephone line, the tones representing a common number of a party and associated with telephone lines of the party; means for recognizing, at the switch, that the party has answered one of the associated telephone lines; means for sending a challenge to the answered telephone line; means for awaiting the party to satisfy the challenge; and means for establishing a telephone connection between the originating telephone line and the answered telephone line if the challenge is satisfied.
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