Attaching multiple phone lines to a single mobile or landline phone
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1. A computer based method comprising:
- configuring a virtual number with a provider of the virtual number, the virtual number configured with number information operable on a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and to playback a specified ring tone to telephonic devices requesting to connect to the virtual number, the virtual number associated with a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to an operator device in a mapping table and the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device;
receiving information in response to a request from a telephonic device to connect to the virtual number associated with the operator device, the information including a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to the telephonic device and the virtual number, the telephonic device receiving audio corresponding to the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device;
automatically identifying the telephonic device as the operator device or a contact device based on a comparison of the transmitting number on the PSTN of the telephonic device with the transmitting number on the PSTN of the operator device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table;
in response to identifying the telephonic device as the contact device or the operator device, transmitting instructions for establishing a first connection between the contact device and the operator device through the virtual number for transmitting audio;
automatically identifying a transmitting number on the PSTN of a monitoring device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; and
automatically transmitting instructions for establishing a second connection with the monitoring device responsive to the identified transmitting number on the PSTN of the monitoring device, the second connection configured to;
permit the monitoring device to receive audio communications between the contact device and the operator device on the first connection; and
prevent the contact device and the operator device from receiving audio associated with the second connection, the audio associated with the second connection comprising audio from establishing the second connection with the monitoring device and audio received on the second connection from the monitoring device for a duration of the second connection.
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Abstract
Agencies issue multiple devices to personnel for maintaining distinct identities over the course of assigned investigations. To provide flexible capabilities to agencies, a phone is converted for use with multiple attached telephone numbers. Accordingly, a single phone may be used to manage multiple identities over the course of one or more investigations. Using a multiple attached number, a given device can place and receive calls over the network to and from contacts. In addition to providing multiple attached numbers, calls using the multiple attached numbers may be monitored live and recorded to establish evidence.
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1. A computer based method comprising:
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configuring a virtual number with a provider of the virtual number, the virtual number configured with number information operable on a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and to playback a specified ring tone to telephonic devices requesting to connect to the virtual number, the virtual number associated with a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to an operator device in a mapping table and the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; receiving information in response to a request from a telephonic device to connect to the virtual number associated with the operator device, the information including a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to the telephonic device and the virtual number, the telephonic device receiving audio corresponding to the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; automatically identifying the telephonic device as the operator device or a contact device based on a comparison of the transmitting number on the PSTN of the telephonic device with the transmitting number on the PSTN of the operator device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; in response to identifying the telephonic device as the contact device or the operator device, transmitting instructions for establishing a first connection between the contact device and the operator device through the virtual number for transmitting audio; automatically identifying a transmitting number on the PSTN of a monitoring device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; and automatically transmitting instructions for establishing a second connection with the monitoring device responsive to the identified transmitting number on the PSTN of the monitoring device, the second connection configured to; permit the monitoring device to receive audio communications between the contact device and the operator device on the first connection; and prevent the contact device and the operator device from receiving audio associated with the second connection, the audio associated with the second connection comprising audio from establishing the second connection with the monitoring device and audio received on the second connection from the monitoring device for a duration of the second connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22)
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13. A system comprising:
a server comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program code, the computer program code when executed performing steps comprising; configuring a virtual number with a provider of the virtual number, the virtual number configured with number information operable on a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and to playback a specified ring tone to telephonic devices requesting to connect to the virtual number, the virtual number associated with a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to an operator device in a mapping table and the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; receiving information in response to a request from a telephonic device to connect to the virtual number associated with the operator device, the information including a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to the telephonic device and the virtual number, the telephonic device receiving audio corresponding to the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; automatically identifying the telephonic device as the operator device or a contact device based on a comparison of the transmitting number on the PSTN of the telephonic device with the transmitting number on the PSTN of the operator device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; in response to identifying the telephonic device as the contact device or the operator device, transmitting instructions for establishing a first connection between the contact device and the operator device through the virtual number for transmitting audio; automatically identifying a transmitting number on the PSTN of a monitoring device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; and automatically transmitting instructions for establishing a second connection with the monitoring device responsive to the identified transmitting number on the PSTN of the monitoring device, the second connection configured to; permit the monitoring device to receive audio communications between the contact device and the operator device on the first connection; and prevent the contact device and the operator device from receiving audio associated with the second connection, the audio associated with the second connection comprising audio from establishing the second connection with the monitoring device and audio received on the second connection from the monitoring device for a duration of the second connection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
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21. A computer based method comprising:
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configuring a virtual number with a provider of the virtual number, the virtual number configured with number information operable on a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and to playback a specified ring tone to telephonic devices requesting to connect to the virtual number, the virtual number associated with a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to an operator device in a mapping table and the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; receiving information in response to a request from a telephonic device to connect to the virtual number, the information including a transmitting number on the PSTN corresponding to the telephonic device and the virtual number, the telephonic device receiving audio corresponding to the specified ring tone spoofing the location of the operator device; identifying the telephonic device as the operator device or a contact device based on a comparison of the transmitting number on the PSTN of the telephonic device with the transmitting number on the PSTN of the operator device stored in association with the virtual number in the mapping table; and in response to identifying the telephonic device as the contact device, transmitting first instructions for establishing a first connection between the contact device and the virtual number and transmitting second instructions for establishing a second connection between the operator device and the virtual number, the first instructions causing the specified ring tone to continue playing for the contact device until the second connection between the operator device and the virtual number is established.
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