Method for called party control of telecommunications network services
First Claim
1. A method for providing called party control of telecommunications network services comprising the steps of:
- storing, responsive to called party input, calling party data including an access code for determining one of three or more different classes of incoming call, and a call treatment table;
receiving an incoming call from a calling party;
prompting the calling party for calling party data including an access code identifying one of said three or more different classes of incoming call, wherein each one of said three or more different classes of incoming call receives different call treatment;
receiving calling party data including said access code entered by said calling party; and
referring to said call treatment table for call treatment in accordance with said calling party data, said call treatment including at least one of media conversion and network conversion.
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Abstract
A method for providing called party control of telecommunications network services utilizes a call treatment processor having an associated calling party data memory for storing calling party identification data and a call treatment table. Depending on the time of day, day of week and data input by a user of the apparatus, elements of the serving apparatus including one of media conversion and network conversion apparatus are automatically controlled by the call treatment processor to provide telecommunications network services to the calling party as predetermined by the called party. According to the principles of the method of the present invention, at least some calling party identification data is prestored by the called party user of the present invention such as personal identification code, is obtained via the call treatment processor of the present invention at the time of an incoming call such as via automatic number identification, analyzed in view of a predetermined call treatment table having a plurality of priority call treatment levels and a call treatment actuated that is related to the called party'"'"'s predetermined call treatment stored in the table. For example, a call from the called party'"'"'s home telephone number, identified by PIN as the called party'"'"'s spouse and further identified by a predetermined emergency code may have the highest priority level call treatment.
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1. A method for providing called party control of telecommunications network services comprising the steps of:
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storing, responsive to called party input, calling party data including an access code for determining one of three or more different classes of incoming call, and a call treatment table; receiving an incoming call from a calling party; prompting the calling party for calling party data including an access code identifying one of said three or more different classes of incoming call, wherein each one of said three or more different classes of incoming call receives different call treatment; receiving calling party data including said access code entered by said calling party; and referring to said call treatment table for call treatment in accordance with said calling party data, said call treatment including at least one of media conversion and network conversion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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24. A method for providing called party control of telecommunications network services comprising the steps of:
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storing, responsive to called party input, calling party data including an access code and a call treatment table; receiving an incoming call; obtaining calling party identification via at least automatic number identification; prompting a calling party for calling party data including an access code; receiving calling party entered calling party data; comparing said calling party entered calling party data with called party input stored calling party data to determine one of a low and a high calling party priority level; calculating a calling party priority level from said determination; determining if the called party is "busy" in a call; comparing the calling party priority level with a priority level of the "busy" call; and determining the call treatment for the incoming call from the call treatment table according to the "busy" call priority level comparison. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 32)
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33. A method for providing called party control of telecommunications network services comprising the steps of:
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storing, responsive to called party input, calling party data comprising an access code associated with a calling party priority level and a call treatment table, said call treatment table associating said access code with call treatments including a call treatment for recording an incoming call and a call treatment for one of network conversion and media conversion service; receiving an incoming call from a calling party; prompting the calling party for calling party data including an access code identifying a class of incoming call; receiving said calling party entered access code; comparing said calling party entered access code with said call treatment table to determine which one of three or more different priority levels corresponds to said incoming call; determining a call treatment responsive to said step of comparing including one of recording said incoming call, media conversion and network conversion. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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