Methods and apparatus for authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an interface to receive a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center;
a memory to store an authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and
an analyzer to access the authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized based on the input criteria associated with the request.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for authorization and routing of outdial communication services are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises receiving a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center, and accessing an authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized, the authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an interface to receive a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; a memory to store an authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and an analyzer to access the authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized based on the input criteria associated with the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method to authorize an outdial communication service call, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; and accessing an authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized, the authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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receive a request to authorize an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; and access an authorization table to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized, the authorization table to correlate input criteria associated with the request to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first criterion indicating whether the outdial communication service call is for a real-time outdial service initiated in response to an indial communication service received at the message center, or for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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