Third party regulation of calls through a particular line based on a call context
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1. A method for regulating calls, comprising:
- receiving, at a context regulation service, a request to determine regulation requirements for a call from a network switch;
detecting, at a context regulation service, a context for said call from a first party to a second party via a particular line, wherein a third party different from said first party is a line subscriber to said particular line made available to said first party for said call;
accessing, at said context regulation service, a selection of context based criteria specified by said third party for said particular line;
comparing, at said context regulation service, said context for said call with said selection of context based criteria; and
only directing, by said context regulation service, for said network switch to establish a communication channel between said first party and said second party through said particular line if said context is acceptable within said selection of context based criteria.
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A method, system, and program for third party regulation of calls through a line based on a call context are provided. Third party regulation criteria identify individuals who are regulated for calling into or receiving calls from a particular line. For each call received at the line, the identity of the caller is detected. For each call placed from the line, the identity of the callee is detected. Then, the call is regulated according to the relevant third party regulation criteria, such that a third party is enabled to regulate all calls from or to a particular line without being a direct party to the calls.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for regulating calls, comprising:
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receiving, at a context regulation service, a request to determine regulation requirements for a call from a network switch; detecting, at a context regulation service, a context for said call from a first party to a second party via a particular line, wherein a third party different from said first party is a line subscriber to said particular line made available to said first party for said call; accessing, at said context regulation service, a selection of context based criteria specified by said third party for said particular line; comparing, at said context regulation service, said context for said call with said selection of context based criteria; and only directing, by said context regulation service, for said network switch to establish a communication channel between said first party and said second party through said particular line if said context is acceptable within said selection of context based criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for regulating calls, comprising:
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a communication channel enabled by a communication system; a context regulation service communicatively connected within said communication system for receiving a request to determine regulation requirements for a call handled by said communication system; said context regulation service comprising means for detecting a context of said call initiated via a particular line between a first party and a second party, wherein a third party different from said first party is a line subscriber to said particular line made available to said first party for said call; said context regulation service comprising means for accessing a selection of context based criteria specified by said third party for said particular line; said context regulation service comprising means for comparing said context for said call with said selection of context based criteria for void particular; and said context regulation service comprising means for only establishing said communication channel between said first party and said second party through said particular line if said context is acceptable within said selection of context based criteria. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for regulating calls, comprising:
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a recording medium; means, recorded on said recording medium, for receiving a request to determine regulation requirements for a call from a network switch; means, recorded on said recording medium, for detecting a context of said call initiated via a particular line between a first party and a second party, wherein a third party different from said first party is a line subscriber to said particular line made available to said first party for said call; means, recorded on said recording medium, for accessing a selection of context based criteria specified by said third party for said particular line; means, recorded on said recording medium, for comparing said context for said call with said selection of context based criteria for said particular line specified by said third party; and means, recorded on said recording medium, for only directing said network switch to establish a communication channel between said first party and said second party through said particular line if said context is acceptable within said selection of context based criteria. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method for regulating outgoing calls, comprising:
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detecting an identity of a party called via a particular line; determining a selection of third party criteria governing calls via said particular line according to said identity of said called party; and only establishing a communication channel via said particular line between a calling party and called party if said called party is acceptable within said selection of third party criteria.
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23. A method for screening calls, comprising:
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detecting a context for a call from a first party to an intended second party, wherein said context indicates at least one from among a location of said first party, a type of telephony device used by said first party, and a device used to authenticate an identity of said first party; responsive to said context requiring prescreening of said call, transferring said call to a screening party; detecting an authenticated identity of said screening party; adjusting said context to indicate said identity of said screening party and said regulated path to said screening party; and
distributing said adjusted context to said intended second party. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system for screening calls, comprising:
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a communication system for detecting a call from a first party to an intended second party; means for determining a context for said call, wherein said context indicates at least one from among a location of said first party, a type of telephony device used by said first party; and
a device used to authenticate an identity of said first party;means responsive to said context requiring prescreening of said call, for transferring said call to a screening party; means for detecting an authenticated identity of said screening party; means for adjusting said context to indicate said identity of said screening party and said regulated path to said screening party; and means for distributing said adjusted context to said intended second party. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer program product for screening calls, comprising:
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a recording medium; means, recorded on said recording medium, for determining a context for a call from a first party to an intended second party, wherein said context indicates at least one from among a location of said first party, a type of telephony device used by said first party, and a device used to authenticate an identity of said first party; means, recorded on said recording medium, for transferring said call to a screening party where said context indicates a prescreening requirement; means, recorded on said recording medium, for detecting an authenticated identity of said screening party; means, recorded on said recording medium, for adjusting said context to indicate said identity of said screening party and said regulated path to said screening party; and means, recorded on said recording medium, for distributing said adjusted context to said intended second party. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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