System and method for control of communications connections and notifications
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1. Apparatus for selectively prohibiting a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network, comprising:
- an interface unit that receives or initiates a connection request for a communication connection between an origin and destination, the request including a destination identifier and a target preference, wherein the target preference is a preference selected as criteria for exempting the destination identifier from a list of otherwise prohibited destinations;
a control unit that prohibits or allows the requested communications connection based on lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers wherein exempted destinations are determined based on a corresponding preference designation, the control unit determining whether to allow the communications connection depending on the target preference matching at least one of the preference designations.
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Abstract
A method and system for selectively establishing a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network based on one or mediations rules and one or more lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers including preferences either in real-time using a control unit or with a pre-check using an analysis unit while also providing notification messages associated with the allowed or designated allowed communications connections.
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1. Apparatus for selectively prohibiting a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network, comprising:
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an interface unit that receives or initiates a connection request for a communication connection between an origin and destination, the request including a destination identifier and a target preference, wherein the target preference is a preference selected as criteria for exempting the destination identifier from a list of otherwise prohibited destinations; a control unit that prohibits or allows the requested communications connection based on lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers wherein exempted destinations are determined based on a corresponding preference designation, the control unit determining whether to allow the communications connection depending on the target preference matching at least one of the preference designations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Apparatus for selectively designating whether communications connections between an origin and one or more destinations in a communications network are prohibited or allowed, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface unit that receives a list of proposed destination identifiers and one or more target preferences, wherein the target preference is a preference selected as criteria for exempting the destination identifiers from a list of otherwise prohibited destinations; an analysis unit that designates whether the communications connection between the origin and one or more proposed destinations identified from the list of proposed destination identifiers are prohibited or allowed based on lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers wherein exempted destinations are determined based on a corresponding preference designation, the analysis unit determining whether to designate the communications connection as allowed depending on the target preference matching at least one of the preference designations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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