Wireless network call blocking control
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsHoward Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: detecting that a 911 call had been made on a carrier network by the device, the device having associated therewith a telephone number; responsive to the detecting that the 911 call had been made, sending a token to the carrier network, the token causing the carrier network to disable call blocking to the telephone number. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting that a 911 call had been made on a carrier network by the device, the device having associated therewith a telephone number;
- and
- responsive to the detecting that the 911 call had been made, generating, by the device, a token and sending the token to the carrier network, the token causing the carrier network to temporarily disable all types of call blocking, wherein the all types of call blocking includes both private-network call blocking and network-level call blocking, wherein the private-network call blocking includes a Local Call Blocking Instance (LCBI) comprising a database of call blocking rules defined by a private network operator, wherein the LCBI is synchronized with one or more carrier network call blocking databases, and wherein a period of time for disabling call blocking is determined based on a user profile associated with the device and the rules stored in the LCBI database.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a 911 call from a mobile communication device via a carrier network;
- detecting, based upon the 911 call that is received, a telephone number of the mobile communication device;
- and
- sending, to the carrier network, a token that is associated with the telephone number of the mobile communication device, the token causing the carrier network to disable call blocking for the telephone number of the mobile communication device, the token causing the carrier network to temporarily disable all types of call blocking, wherein the all types of call blocking includes both private-network call blocking and network-level call blocking, wherein the private-network call blocking includes a Local Call Blocking Instance (LCBI) comprising a database of call blocking rules defined by a private network operator, wherein the LCBI is synchronized with one or more carrier network call blocking databases, and wherein a period of time for disabling call blocking is determined based on a user profile associated with the mobile communication device and the rules stored in the LCBI database.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a processing system of a private core network including a processor, dialing of a 911 call from a mobile communication device in communication with the private core network, the mobile communication device being in communication with the private core network via citizen band radio spectrum (CBRS), the private core network comprising a database of incoming call blocking rules;
- facilitating, by the processing system, communication connection of the mobile communication device to an emergency response center via the private core network;
- and
- updating, by the processing system, the database to comprise a rule that disables all types of call blocking, wherein the all types of call blocking includes both private-network call blocking and network-level call blocking, by the private core network of a return call from the emergency response center to the mobile communication device, wherein the private-network call blocking includes a Local Call Blocking Instance (LCBI) comprising a database of call blocking rules defined by a private network operator, wherein the LCBI is synchronized with one or more carrier network call blocking databases, and wherein a period of time for disabling call blocking is determined based on a user profile associated with the device and the rules stored in the LCBI database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.