Method and apparatus for screening calls from a telephony device
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a messaging system component that provides for a screening, of an incoming call from a telephony device, wherein the messaging system component is associated with a network; and
wherein the messaging system component conforms to a signaling protocol of the network to communicate with the network; and
wherein upon receipt of the incoming call the messaging system component employs a profile associated with a called telephony device to provide for the screening of the incoming call from the telephony device; and
wherein the profile comprises a) an email address, b) a plurality of numbers associated with the called telephony device, c) a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), and d) one or more filter rules; and
wherein the messaging system component performs a validation on a calling party number of another telephony device to ensure that a message for the called telephony device is being recorded.
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Abstract
A messaging system component provides for a screening of an incoming call from a telephony device of a plurality of telephony devices. The messaging system component is associated with a network and conforms to a signaling protocol of the network to communicate with the network. The messaging system component is located in a peripheral relationship to the network which allows for the addition of providing for the screening of the incoming call from the telephony device without modification to an architecture associated with the network.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a messaging system component that provides for a screening, of an incoming call from a telephony device, wherein the messaging system component is associated with a network; and wherein the messaging system component conforms to a signaling protocol of the network to communicate with the network; and wherein upon receipt of the incoming call the messaging system component employs a profile associated with a called telephony device to provide for the screening of the incoming call from the telephony device; and wherein the profile comprises a) an email address, b) a plurality of numbers associated with the called telephony device, c) a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), and d) one or more filter rules; and wherein the messaging system component performs a validation on a calling party number of another telephony device to ensure that a message for the called telephony device is being recorded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25)
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16. A method, comprising the steps of:
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providing for a screening, of an incoming call, from a telephony device by a messaging system component associated with a network; and conforming to a signaling protocol of the network by the messaging system component to communicate with the network; wherein upon receipt of the incoming call the messaging system component employs a profile associated with a called telephony device to provide for the screening of the incoming call from the telephony device; and wherein the profile comprises a) an email address, b) a plurality of numbers associated with the called telephony device, c) a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), and d) one or more filter rules; and wherein the messaging system component performs a validation on a calling party number of another telephony device to ensure that a message for the called telephony device is being recorded. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing steps, comprising:
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means in the one or more media for screening an incoming call from a telephony device by a messaging system component located in a peripheral relationship to a network; means in the one or more media for conforming to a signaling protocol of the network by the messaging system component to communicate with the network; means in the one or more media for retrieving a profile associated with a called telephony device of the incoming call from a database, wherein the profile comprises a) an email address, b) a plurality of numbers associated with the called telephony device, c) a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), and d) one or more filter rules; and means in the one or more media for employing the profile associated with the called telephony device, wherein the messaging system component provides for the screening, of the incoming call, by one of initiating a screening outcall and responding to a screening in-call; wherein the messaging system component performs a validation on a calling party number of another telephony device to ensure that a message for the called telephony device is being recorded.
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