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Telecommunications functions management system for managing outgoing calls from a plurality of telephone terminals

  • US 6,134,310 A
  • Filed: 01/30/1997
  • Issued: 10/17/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a telecommunications functions management system for a telecommunications service subscriber having a plurality of telephone terminals communicatively coupled to a telecommunications network, a method for managing outgoing calls originating from any of the plurality of telephone terminals, comprising the steps of:

  • associating one or more telephone terminals of the plurality of telephone terminals with respective toll time limits;

    measuring, for each one of the one or more telephone terminals associated with the respective toll time limits, cumulative time of all toll calls from that terminal;

    identifying one terminal of the plurality of telephone terminals at which one outgoing call is being originated; and

    blocking, responsive to determining the one outgoing call corresponds to a toll call and the one terminal has a toll time limit associated therewith, the one outgoing call if the measured cumulative time for the one terminal effectively reaches the toll time limit.

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