Programmable caller ID
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- processing a telephone call, the telephone call from a calling telephone number to a called telephone number;
after a connection between the calling telephone number and the called telephone number, monitoring the telephone call for a call screening request associated with a commercial class of service, the commercial class of service identifying the calling telephone number as an undesirable calling party;
upon entry of the call screening request, taking an action in response to the call screening request.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing Programmable Caller ID Screening services. One method monitors a telephone call for a call screening request for commercial, residential, and other identifiers of incoming calls. An action is taken in response to the call screening request. The action could be playing an announcement, terminating the connection, forwarding to voice mail, storing the ICLID information in a database, adding the ICLID information to a Do Not Call list, updating a subscriber'"'"'s profile with the ICLID information, and/or storing the ICLID information in a subscriber'"'"'s blocked communications list. The call screening request may comprise a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency, a softkey entry, and/or a data message. Subsequent incoming calls from the calling telephone number are characterized as undesirable and are screened from alerting or otherwise establishing a communications connection to the called telephone number.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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processing a telephone call, the telephone call from a calling telephone number to a called telephone number; after a connection between the calling telephone number and the called telephone number, monitoring the telephone call for a call screening request associated with a commercial class of service, the commercial class of service identifying the calling telephone number as an undesirable calling party; upon entry of the call screening request, taking an action in response to the call screening request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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detecting a telephone call at a telecommunications switch, the telephone call from a calling telephone number to a called telephone number; decoding the calling telephone number for line identification information, the line identification information compared with a subscriber'"'"'s profile; if the line identification information matches an undesirable commercial class of service, then taking acall screening request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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receiving a telephone call at a telecommunications switch, the telephone call from a calling telephone number to a called telephone number; connecting the telephone call to the called telephone number; receiving a call screening request from the called telephone number, the call screening request associated with a commercial class of service, the commercial class of service identifying the calling telephone number as an undesirable calling party; and playing an announcement to a communications address of the calling telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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