Apparatus for controlling communication connections based on local time
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
- a plurality of communication terminals;
a telecommunications control center for establishing communication connections between two or more of the plurality of communication terminals, the telecommunications center including call forwarding means for forwarding a communication connection intended for a desired communication terminal to a new communication terminal in response to a control request from a subscriber associated with the desired communication terminal; and
prevention means for selectively preventing communication connections to the desired communication terminal or new communication terminal from a calling communication terminal when the prevention means determines that the calling communication terminal is located in a different time zone than the desired communication terminal or the new communication terminal.
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Abstract
A method and system for preventing calls in a telecommunications network from being connected during specified periods of time, such as when calls to the desired communication terminal have been forwarded to a new communication terminal in a new time zone and the subscriber at the calling communication terminal is unaware of the local time of the new communication terminal. According to the invention, a prevention device is provided which informs the calling communication terminal of the local time of the new communication terminal prior to connection and requests the calling communication terminal to confirm whether the communication connection should be made, or automatically prevents the connection from being made and informs the calling communication terminal that the connection will not be made. The telecommunications network can include mobile telecommunications devices.
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29 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a plurality of communication terminals; a telecommunications control center for establishing communication connections between two or more of the plurality of communication terminals, the telecommunications center including call forwarding means for forwarding a communication connection intended for a desired communication terminal to a new communication terminal in response to a control request from a subscriber associated with the desired communication terminal; and prevention means for selectively preventing communication connections to the desired communication terminal or new communication terminal from a calling communication terminal when the prevention means determines that the calling communication terminal is located in a different time zone than the desired communication terminal or the new communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A filtering device for selectively preventing communication connections from being established in a communication system, the filtering device comprising:
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means for exchanging communication signals with a destination communication terminal; and means for exchanging communication signals with the communication system, wherein the filtering device selectively prevents a communication connection from being established between a calling communication terminal and the destination communication terminal when the filtering device determines that the calling communication terminal and the destination communication terminal are located in different time zones. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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