Reduction in network congestion
AssigneeWest Corporation
InventorDouglas L. Davis
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Abstract
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform receiving a list including a plurality of possible recipients of telephony network connections, the recipients identified by a telephony number, determining a status characteristic of the intended recipient based on the addressing information, based on the status characteristic, determining whether the intended recipient would successfully receive a telephony connection request if the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient, and indicating the determination of whether the intended recipient would successfully receive the telephony connection request on the list.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a list including a plurality of possible recipients of telephony network connections, the recipients identified by a telephony number;
- based on a status characteristic, determining whether an intended recipient would successfully receive a telephony connection request in response to the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient;
- spoofing a reply to a telephony network connection originator in response to the connection request violates a policy of a service provider, the policy comprising one or more of enforcing a do not call list or requiring that a billing phone number match a phone number represented by the telephony connection request;
- and
- removing the intended recipient and the telephony number from the list.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform:
- receiving a list including a plurality of possible recipients of telephony network connections, the recipients identified by a telephony number;
- based on a status characteristic, determining whether an intended recipient would successfully receive a telephony connection request in response to the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient;
- spoofing a reply to a telephony network connection originator in response to the connection request violates a policy of a service provider, the policy comprising one or more of enforcing a do not call list or requiring that a billing phone number match a phone number represented by the telephony connection request;
- and
- removing the intended recipient and the telephony number from the list.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory;
- wherein the processor and the memory are communicably coupled to one another;
- wherein the processor:
- receives a list including a plurality of possible recipients of telephony network connections, the recipients identified by a telephony number;
- based on a status characteristic, determines whether an intended recipient would successfully receive a telephony connection request in response to the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient;
- and
- spoofs a reply to a telephony network connection originator in response to the connection request violates a policy of a service provider, the policy comprising one or more of enforcement of a do not call list or a requirement that a billing phone number match a phone number represented by the telephony connection request;
- and
- removes the intended recipient and the telephony number from the list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.