Apparatus and method of location based telecommunication authorization

• US 9,713,005 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cranbrook Technology, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Issa, Benjamin Ferid, Walsh, Richard J., Issa, Alfredo C.
• Primary Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US12/947,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20110159856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,436 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554042, 4554142, 455433, 455440, 455457, 3791421, 37920712, 37914005, 37914206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An apparatus and method directed to automated call screening, and specifically the utilization of location history of a call recipient to determine call authorization, are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture is encoded with instructions for directing a processor to receive a request from a first device to communicate with a second device. The processor is further directed to determine at least one location associated with the first device, determine an authorization for the request based at least in part upon the at least one location associated with the first device and at least one prior location of the second device, and transmit the request to the second device in accordance with the authorization.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a first device to communicate with a second device;

receiving at least one location classification from the first device and receiving at least one location classification from the second device;

determining an authorization for the request from the first device to communicate with the second device by applying at least one rule to the at least one location classification received from the first device and the at least one location classification received from the second device, wherein determining the authorization includes comparing the at least one location classification received from the first device to at least one prior location classification associated with the second device; and

transmitting the request from the first device to communicate with the second device upon authorization.

2. A method comprising:

receiving a request at a location history call authorization service (LHCAS) from a first device to communicate with a second device;

receiving at least one location classification for the first device and receiving at least one location classification for the second device;

determining an authorization for the request from the first device to communicate with the second device by applying at least one rule to the at least one location classification for the first device and the at least one location classification received for second device, wherein determining the authorization further comprises comparing the at least one location classification received from the first device to at least one prior location classification associated with the second device; and

transmitting the request from the first device to communicate with the second device upon authorization.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the LHCAS is located in either the first device or the second device.

4. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to cause a processor to carry out the steps of:

receiving a request from a first device to communicate with a second device;

receiving at least one location classification from the first device and receiving at least one location classification from the second device;

determining an authorization for the request from the first device to communicate with the second device by applying at least one rule to the at least one location classification received from the first device and the at least one location classification received from the second device, wherein determining the authorization further comprises comparing the at least one location classification received from the first device to at least one prior location classification associated with the second device; and

transmitting the request from the first device to communicate with the second device upon authorization.

5. A server comprising:

a communication interface;

a memory;

a secondary storage device; and

a controller, wherein the controller is configured to;

receive a request from a first device to communicate with a second device;

receive at least one location classification from the first device and receive at least one location classification fronl the second device;

determine an authorization for the request from the first device to communicate with the second device by applying at least one rule to the at least one location classification received from the first device and the at least one location classification received from the second device, wherein determining the authorization further comprises comparing the at least one location classification received from the first device to at least one prior location classification associated with the second device; and

transmit the request from the first device to communicate with the second device upon authorization.