Method and apparatus for handling anonymous calls
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorHåkan Österlund
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Abstract
A method and apparatus at an apparatus for handling an incoming call (2:7, 3:7, 4:7) originating from an anonymous calling party(100) where the anonymous calling party calling party(100) can be identified on the basis of a personal identity assigned to the anonymous calling party(100), wherein the personal identity is assignable to the anonymous calling party(100) after a personal identity has been assigned to the anonymous calling party in response to a manually or automatically initiated assignment instruction, but without requiring any interaction from the anonymous calling party(100). The suggested method and apparatus are applicable in any type of wireless or fixed communications network which enables a calling party to register as an anonymous calling party.
Claims20
A method at an apparatus of a communications network for handling an incoming call (2:7, 3:7,4:7) originating from an anonymous calling party (100) characterized in that
- the anonymous calling party (100) is identifiable on the basis of a personal identity assigned to the anonymous calling party (100), wherein the personal identity is assignable to the anonymous calling party (100) without requiring any interaction from the anonymous calling party (100).
An apparatus (600) of a communications network for handling an incoming call originating from an anonymous calling party (100) characterized by:
- an identification unit (601) which enables identification of the anonymous calling party (100) on the basis of a personal identity assigned to the anonymous calling party (100), and
- an assigning unit (602) which is configured to assign a personal identity to the anonymous calling party (100) without requiring any interaction from the anonymous calling party (100).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.