Screening of incoming telephone calls prior to call completion to the destination party
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1. A method for processing incoming telephone calls comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a destination telecommunication switch a request to establish a call to a first customer'"'"'s line coupled to the switch;
said request including call type data identifying the party originating the request as one of a plurality of predetermined call categories, said call type data not derived from a telephone number associated with the originating party;
reading a first record associated with the first line in a first database, said first record having at least one set of data including first data defining a first call category and second data determinative of processing of the incoming call identified as the first call category;
processing the incoming call at the switch as determined by said second data if the one call category of the incoming call is equal to the first call category.
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Abstract
A destination telecommunication switch receives a request to establish a call to a first party served by the switch. The request includes call type data that identifies the party originating the call request as one of a plurality of call categories. A first record associated with the first party is read from a database. The first record includes at least one set of data which defines a call category and a corresponding call processing technique to be utilized for the call category. The switch processes the incoming call in accordance with the predetermined call category handling if the incoming call is identified by call category data in the database.
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1. A method for processing incoming telephone calls comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a destination telecommunication switch a request to establish a call to a first customer'"'"'s line coupled to the switch; said request including call type data identifying the party originating the request as one of a plurality of predetermined call categories, said call type data not derived from a telephone number associated with the originating party; reading a first record associated with the first line in a first database, said first record having at least one set of data including first data defining a first call category and second data determinative of processing of the incoming call identified as the first call category; processing the incoming call at the switch as determined by said second data if the one call category of the incoming call is equal to the first call category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6)
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3. A telecommunication switch that processes incoming telephone calls comprising:
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means for receiving at a destination telecommunication switch a request to establish a call to a first customer'"'"'s line coupled to the destination switch, said request including call type data identifying the party originating the request as one of a plurality of predetermined call categories, said call type data not derived from a telephone number associated with the originating party; means for reading a first record associated with the first line in a first database, said first record having at least one set of data including first data defining a first call category and second data determinative of processing of the incoming call identified as the first call category; means for processing the incoming call at the destination switch as determined by said second data if the one call category of the incoming call is equal to the first call category. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for processing incoming telephone calls comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a telecommunication device a request to establish a call to a first consumer premises equipment (CPE); said request including call type data identifying the party originating the request as one of a plurality of defined call categories, said call type data not derived from a telephone number associated with the originating party; reading a first record associated with the first CPE in a first database, said first record having at least one set of data including first data defining a first call category and second data determinative of processing of the incoming call identified as the first call category; and processing the incoming call at the device as determined by said second data if the one call category of the incoming call is equal to the first call category. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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