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US 2004/0170267 A1Published application
Authorization-based forwarding
OwnerDoree Duncan Seligmanninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for forwarding signals directed to a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal only when such forwarding is authorized are disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment employs an authorization table associated with the first telecommunications terminal and an authorization table associated with the second telecommunications terminal and forwards signals directed to the first terminal to the second terminal only when the authorization tables indicate that such forwarding is permitted.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- (a) receiving a request to forward a signal directed to a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal;
- (b) determining if said first telecommunications terminal is authorized to forward to said second telecommunications terminal;
- and
- (c) forwarding said signal only when said first telecommunications terminal is authorized to forward to said second telecommunications terminal.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing authorization information;
- a processor for:
- receiving a request to forward a signal directed to a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal, and
- determining if said first telecommunications terminal is authorized to forward to said second telecommunications terminal based on the contents of said memory;
- and
- a switch for forwarding said signal only when said first telecommunications terminal is authorized.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing authorization information;
- a processor for:
- receiving a request to forward a signal directed to a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal, and
- determining if said first telecommunications terminal is authorized to forward to said second telecommunications terminal based on the contents of said memory;
- and
- a transmitter for forwarding said signal only when said first telecommunications terminal is authorized.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.