Method and system for establishing a telephone connection

• US 20080192918A1
• Filed: 11/09/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DLB Finance & Consultancy BV, HITD Information Technology BV
• Original Assignee: DLB Finance & Consultancy BV, HITD Information Technology BV
• Inventors: Benschop, Henderik Reinout, Benschop, Dirk Leonard
• Application Number:
  US11/983,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20080192918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/221.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/385 using an alias or single-use codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2005 Temporarily overriding a service configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42034 Calling party identification service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

A method and system for establishing a telephone connection between a first subscriber device (A-subscriber device) and a second subscriber device (B-subscriber device) in a telephone system is disclosed. The telephone system is arranged for connecting the A-subscriber device (the calling party) and the B-subscriber device (the called party). The method includes receiving a request from the A-subscriber device to establish a connection with the B-subscriber device and also receiving a personal identity code of a user of said A-subscriber device. The connection can be established between the A-subscriber device and the B-subscriber device only after having received said personal identity code of said user of said A-subscriber device.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a telephone connection between a first subscriber device (A-subscriber device) and a second subscriber device (B-subscriber device) in a telephone system arranged for connecting said A-subscriber device and B-subscriber device, the method comprising:

receiving a request from the A-subscriber device to establish a connection with the B-subscriber device;

receiving a personal identity code of a user of said A-subscriber device;

establishing said connection between said A-subscriber device and said B-subscriber device after receiving said personal identity code of said user of said A-subscriber device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said telephone system is arranged for storing at least a personal identity code of a user of said A-subscriber device, said method further comprising:

determining if said received personal identity code matches said stored personal identity code; and

establishing said connection with said B-subscriber device only if said received personal identity code matches said stored personal identity code.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an A-subscriber device code.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said telephone system is arranged for storing at least a personal identity code of a user of said B-subscriber device, said method comprising:

receiving a telephone number of said B-subscriber device with said request for establishing said connection; and

establishing said connection only if said telephone system has stored said personal identity code of said user of said B-subscriber device for said received telephone number.

5. The method according to claim 1, further including:

receiving one or more access restriction signals;

restricting access to at least one of said telephone system and a user of said A-subscriber device or said B-subscriber device for at least one of said user of said A-subscriber device and said user of a B-subscriber device in response to receiving said one or more access restriction signals.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein restricting access to said telephone system involves at least one of the following:

terminating said connection;

terminating one or more co-existing connections

preventing establishment of further connections.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein restricting access to said telephone system is dependent on at least one of the following:

the number of times that access has been restricted for said user of said A-subscriber device;

the number of access restriction signals that have been received for said user of said A-subscriber device;

the telephone communication history between said user of said A-subscriber device and the user of said B-subscriber device from which said access restriction signal has been received.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein restricting access involves restricting access to said telephone system for a particular time period.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein a warning signal is provided to said user of said A-subscriber device.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein said telephone system is arranged for establishing a connection with a first B-subscriber device and with a second B-subscriber device, said method comprising:

receiving said access restriction signal from said first B-subscriber device; and

preventing said second B-subscriber device from receiving telephone calls from a user of said A-subscriber device in response to receiving said one or more access restriction signals.

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein said personal identity code of said user of said A-subscriber device is received in a secured manner.

12. The method according to claim 5, further including:

receiving a first approval signal from a user of said A-subscriber device for telephone communication with a user of said B-subscriber device;

receiving a second approval signal from the user of said B-subscriber device for telephone communication with the user of said A-subscriber device;

establishing said connection only if both the first and second approval signal have been received.

13. A computer program comprising software code portions adapted for, when installed in and executed by the telephone system, performing the method according to claim 1.

14. A carrier containing the computer program according to claim 13.

15. A telephone system adapted for establishing a telephone connection between a first subscriber device (A-subscriber device) and a second subscriber device (B-subscriber device), the telephone system comprising:

a request receiver adapted for receiving a request from the A-subscriber device to establish a connection with the B-subscriber device;

an identity code receiver adapted for receiving a personal identity code of a user of said A-subscriber device;

a connection establisher adapted for establishing said connection between said A-subscriber device and said B-subscriber device after receiving said personal identity code of said user of said A-subscriber device.

16. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising:

a storage module for storing at least a personal identity code of a user of said A-subscriber device;

a determination module adapted for determining if said personal identity code received by said identity code receiver matches the personal identity code stored by said storage module;

said telephone system being adapted such that said connection establisher only establishes said connection with said B-subscriber device if said personal identity code received by said receiver matches said personal identity code stored by said storage module.

17. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising a device code receiver adapted for receiving an A-subscriber device code.

18. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising:

a storage module for storing at least a personal identity code of a user of said B-subscriber device;

wherein said request receiver is adapted for filtering a telephone number of said B-subscriber device from said request for establishing said connection; and

and wherein said telephone system is arranged such that said connection establisher establishes said connection only if said storage module has stored said personal identity code of said user of said B-subscriber device for said received telephone number.

19. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising:

an access restriction receiver adapted for receiving one or more access restriction signals;

an access restrictor adapted to restrict access to said telephone system for said user of said A-subscriber device in response to receiving said one or more access restriction signals.

20. The telephone system according to claim 21, further comprising at least one of the following:

a connection terminator adapted for terminating said connection with said A-subscriber device;

a connection terminator adapted for terminating one or more co-existing connections with said A-subscriber device; and

a connection preventor adapted for preventing establishment of further connections for said user of said A-subscriber device.

21. The telephone system according to claim 19, further comprising an assessor module adapted to control said access restrictor such that restricting access to said telephone system for said user of said A-subscriber device is dependent on at least one of the following:

the number of times that access has been restricted for said user of said A-subscriber device;

the number of access restriction signals that have been received for said user of said A-subscriber device;

the telephone communication history between said user of said A-subscriber device and the user of said B-subscriber device from which said access restriction signal has been received.

22. The telephone system according to claim 19, wherein said telephone system is arranged to restrict access to said telephone system for a particular time period.

23. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising a warning signal provider adapted for providing a warning signal to said user of said A-subscriber device.

24. The telephone system according to claim 15, wherein said telephone system is arranged for establishing a connection with a first B-subscriber device and with a second B-subscriber device, comprising:

an access restriction signal receiver adapted for receiving an access restriction signal from said first B-subscriber device; and

an access preventor adapted for preventing said second B-subscriber device from receiving telephone calls from a user of said A-subscriber device in response to receiving said one or more access restriction signals.

25. The telephone system according to claim 15, wherein said telephone system is arranged for receiving said personal identity code of said user of said A-subscriber device is received in a secured manner.

26. The telephone system according to claim 15, further comprising an approval module adapted for:

receiving a first approval signal from a user of said A-subscriber device for telephone communication with a user of said B-subscriber device;

receiving a second approval signal from the user of said B-subscriber device for telephone communication with the user of said A-subscriber device;

establishing said connection only if both the first and second approval signal have been received.

27. A telephone device adapted for being the A-subscribe device or the B-subscriber device connecting to the telephone system of claim 15.