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US 2009/0156187 A1Published application
Method and system for call gating
AssigneeEmbarq Holdings Company, LLC
InventorsJeffrey M. Sweeney, Jennifer D. Doyle
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Abstract
A system and method for gating calls. A list of one or more callers that may contact a user at any time is received. A selection to activate call gating is received. A determination is made whether an identifier associated with a caller is on the list in response receiving a call. The call is connected to a communications device in response to determining the identifier is on the list.
Claims20
A method for gating calls, said method comprising:
- receiving a list of one or more callers that may contact a user at anytime;
- receiving a selection to activate call gating;
- determining whether an identifier associated with a caller is on the list in response to receiving a call;
- and
- connecting the call to a communications device in response to determining the identifier is on the list.
2 more elements
A communications device configured to perform call gating, the device comprising:
- a processor for executing a set of instructions;
- a memory in communication with the processor for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions receives an incoming communication from a caller, determines whether one or more identifiers associated with the caller is on a list, and connects the incoming communication to a communications device in response to determining the identifier is on the list.
A communication system for call gating, the system comprising:
- a server configured to receive incoming communications from a communications network, wherein the server includes logic configured to retrieve one or more identifiers associated with the incoming communication, determine whether the one or more identifiers associated with the incoming communication is on a list, and connect the incoming communication to the communications device in response to determining the one or more identifier is on the list.
- the communications device in communication with the server configured to receive the incoming communication from the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.