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Management of communications networks

  • US 5,754,632 A
  • Filed: 11/28/1995
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for determining whether a user associated with a first customer account in a communications network is probably making calls on a further customer account in the network, the system including:

  • a data base of customer account information and of account-associated call logging information including called numbers, each customer account comprising customer name and address information, andprocessing means for (a) accessing the database for selecting the further customer account, (k) for obtaining a group of called numbers associated with the first account and a group of called numbers associated with the selected further account, (c) for comparing the respective obtained groups and, if the degree of similarity of the calling characteristics of the two customer accounts meets a predetermined criterion, (d) for providing an indication that the user is probably making calls on the selected further customer account.

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