Telephone interface call processing system with call selectivity
AssigneeRonald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P.
InventorRONALD A. KATZ
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Abstract
For use with a public telephone network CO incorporating a vast number of terminals Tl-Tn, a system CS limits and controls interface access to implement voice-digital communication for statistical processing. The system CS accommodates calls in different modes, e.g. “800”, “900” or area code and incorporates qualifying apparatus to restrict against caller misuse. Alternative calling modes are used to reach an interface facility that also affords some control based on calling terminal identification, e.g. as by ANI equipment.
Claims16
A telephone call processing system for receiving calls from a multitude of terminals in different call modes for processing to an interface format and involving digital signals associated with said terminals as for identification or data, said system comprising:
- first response unit means for receiving calls in a first call mode;
- qualification means for qualifying said calls in a first call mode received by said first response unit to provide qualified calls;
- second response unit means for receiving calls in a second call mode;
- means for processing calls in an interface format;
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- means for coupling said qualified calls and said calls in a second mode to said means for processing.
A telephone call processing system for receiving calls from a multitude of terminals for processing to an interface format and involving digital signals associated with said terminals as for identification or data, said system comprising:
- cue means for prompting question responses from said terminals in the form of digital signals as data;
- question selection means for selecting individual questions from a plurality of questions for actuating said cue means;
- call record memory means for storing identified questions cued to said terminals, addressable by said digital signals associated with said terminals for identification;
- test means for testing individual questions selected by said question selection means against questions from said call record memory means to detect coincidence;
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- control means coupled to said cue means, selection means, memory means and test means for sequencing operations to select a question, test the selected question and either actuate said cue means or select another question under control of said test.
A telephone call processing system for receiving calls from a multitude of terminals for processing to an interface format and involving digital signals associated with said terminals as for identification or data, said system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving digital signals representative of numbers associated with said terminals for identification;
- memory means for storing a predetermined sequence of select digits representative of a component of numbers associated with terminals for identification;
- means for testing a predetermined component of select digital signals representative of numbers associated with said terminals for identification from said receiving means against said predetermined sequence of select digits from said memory means to provide a control signal;
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- means for accepting calls from said terminals in accordance with said control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.