Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status
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1. A method to identify communication line status information comprising:
- associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of available communication lines accessible from a media gateway;
dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the media gateway to identify the communication line status information;
blocking, by an audit dialing manager, a first one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are detected and the first one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as voice-only; and
blocking, by the audit dialing manager, a second one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are absent and the second one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as fax-only.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a set of available communication lines from a media gateway, associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of the available communication lines, and dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the media gateway to identify the communication line status information.
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1. A method to identify communication line status information comprising:
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associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of available communication lines accessible from a media gateway; dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the media gateway to identify the communication line status information; blocking, by an audit dialing manager, a first one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are detected and the first one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as voice-only; and blocking, by the audit dialing manager, a second one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are absent and the second one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as fax-only. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus to identify devices in a network comprising:
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an audit dialing manager to identify a plurality of destination numbers associated with the network; a media gateway to dial at least some of the plurality of destination numbers to identify line status information; a communication line query engine to block a first one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are detected and the first one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as voice only, the communication line query engine to block a second one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are absent and the second one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as fax-only. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A tangible machine readable storage medium, excluding propagating signals, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:
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associate a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of available communication lines accessible from a media gateway; dial the plurality of destination numbers from the media gateway to identify the communication line status information; block a first one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are detected and the first one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as voice-only; and block a second one of the plurality of destination numbers when negotiation tones are absent and the second one of the plurality of destination numbers is designated as fax-only. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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