Method for separately permissioned communication
First Claim
1. A method for connecting calls to a recipient'"'"'s telephone having a single called-party number to which said network directs calls destined to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
- a call contact platform accepting an access from a special party;
based on information provided by said special party and previously provided by said recipient and stored in a database, developing a new, revocable, unique handle, which a caller is able use without post dial tone prompting for connection to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, and which said network, as with all other handles relating to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, is adapted to translate to said single called-party number and connect said caller to said recipient'"'"'s telephone under conditions specified by said special party by means of said information;
developing said conditions under which said handle, when supplied by a caller, is translated to said caller-party number; and
carrying out an action following said step of developing conditions;
where said step of developing a new handle is substantially independent of the number of previously developed handles that coexist with said handle.
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Abstract
A call contact platform (CCP) is provisioned with handles that belong to call recipients. Each recipient can have any number of handles in the CCP and each handle is associated with conditions under which a call employing the handle may be established. Specifically, when a party supplies a handle to a telecommunication network (previously given to the party by the call recipient), the network contacts the CCP and interacts with it as required in conformance with stored instructions. If appropriate, the CCP instructs the telecommunication network to establish a connection. A recipient can also give a party a handle that includes a message, where the handle is not prestored in the CCP. After the network contacts the CCP, the party provides the message, the CCP extracts instructions from the message, or retrieves instructions with the help of the message, and, as before, causes the telecommunication network to establish a connection, if appropriate. A party can also obtain a handle for a call recipient pursuant to predefined interactions with the telecommunication network that provide information specified by the call recipient.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for connecting calls to a recipient'"'"'s telephone having a single called-party number to which said network directs calls destined to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
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a call contact platform accepting an access from a special party; based on information provided by said special party and previously provided by said recipient and stored in a database, developing a new, revocable, unique handle, which a caller is able use without post dial tone prompting for connection to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, and which said network, as with all other handles relating to said recipient'"'"'s telephone, is adapted to translate to said single called-party number and connect said caller to said recipient'"'"'s telephone under conditions specified by said special party by means of said information; developing said conditions under which said handle, when supplied by a caller, is translated to said caller-party number; and carrying out an action following said step of developing conditions; where said step of developing a new handle is substantially independent of the number of previously developed handles that coexist with said handle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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