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Methods and apparatus for authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services

  • US 8,693,651 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2013
  • Issued: 04/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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