Methods and apparatus for authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services
First Claim
1. A method to authorize an outdial communication service call, the method comprising:
- parsing a request to obtain input criteria associated with the request, the request for authorizing the outdial communication service call initiated by a message center;
retrieving authorization rules correlating the input criteria to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first input criterion having one of at least two values, a first value indicating that 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, a second value indicating that the outdial communication service call is for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and
evaluating the authorization rules using the input criteria to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized.
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Abstract
Example methods disclosed herein include parsing a request to obtain input criteria associated with the request, the request for authorizing an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center. Such example methods also include retrieving authorization rules correlating the input criteria to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first input criterion having one of at least two values, a first value indicating that 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, a second value indicating that the outdial communication service call is for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center. Such example methods further include evaluating the authorization rules using the input criteria to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to authorize an outdial communication service call, the method comprising:
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parsing a request to obtain input criteria associated with the request, the request for authorizing the outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; retrieving authorization rules correlating the input criteria to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first input criterion having one of at least two values, a first value indicating that 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, a second value indicating that the outdial communication service call is for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and evaluating the authorization rules using the input criteria to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A machine readable memory comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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parsing a request to obtain input criteria associated with the request, the request for authorizing an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; retrieving authorization rules correlating the input criteria to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first input criterion having one of at least two values, a first value indicating that 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, a second value indicating that the outdial communication service call is for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and evaluating the authorization rules using the input criteria to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory having machine readable instructions stored thereon; and a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising; parsing a request to obtain input criteria associated with the request, the request for authorizing an outdial communication service call initiated by a message center; retrieving authorization rules correlating the input criteria to an authorization result for the outdial communication service call, the input criteria comprising a first input criterion having one of at least two values, a first value indicating that 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, a second value indicating that the outdial communication service call is for a non-real-time outdial service initiated by an application server associated with the message center; and evaluating the authorization rules using the input criteria to determine whether the outdial communication service call is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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