US 6,603,851 B1 · Telecommunications service control point with code blocking

Abstract

A telecommunications service control point having call blocking logic configured to block a percentage of call attempts to a called number and route a percentage of call attempts to the called number. The SCP comprises a processing system coupled to an interface. The processing system is configured to a process a plurality of query messages to generate a plurality of response messages containing call handling information for a plurality of call attempts to a called number. A first percentage of the call handling information includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the plurality of call attempts to the called number. A second percentage of the call handling information includes instructions to route a corresponding second percentage of the plurality of call attempts to the called number. The interface is configured to receive the plurality of query messages and transmit the plurality of response messages.

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Dependent claims

A telecommunications service control point (SCP) comprising:

an interface configured to receive a first plurality of query messages for a first plurality of call attempts to a called number;
and
a processing system comprising a called number data structure, a treatment data structure, and a destination data structure and configured to:
receive the first plurality of query messages;
process the first plurality of query messages in the called number data structure to determine a first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to block, and to yield a pointer to the treatment data structure;
and
enter the pointer to the treatment data structure into the treatment data structure to yield a first plurality of response messages, wherein the first plurality of response messages includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to the called number;
wherein the interface is further configured to transmit the first plurality of response messages.

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A telecommunications system, comprising:

a first communication device configured to transmit a first plurality of query messages for a first plurality of call attempts to a called number;
and
a service control point (SCP) comprising a called number data structure, a treatment data structure, and a destination data structure and configured to:
receive the first plurality of query messages;
process the first plurality of query messages in the called number data structure to determine a first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to block, and to yield a pointer to the treatment data structure;
enter the pointer to the treatment data structure into the treatment data structure to yield a first plurality of response messages, wherein the first plurality of response messages include instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to the called number;
and
transmit the first plurality of response messages;
wherein the first communication device is further configured to receive the first plurality of response messages.

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A method of handling calls in a service control point (SCP), wherein the SCP comprises a called number data structure, a treatment data structure, and a destination data structure, the method comprising:

receiving a first plurality of query messages for a first plurality of call attempts to a called number from a first communication device;
processing the first plurality of query messages in the called number data structure to determine a first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to block, and to yield a pointer to the treatment data structure;
entering the pointer to the treatment data structure into the treatment data structure to yield a first plurality of response messages, wherein the first plurality of response messages includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to the called number;
and
transmitting the first plurality of response messages to the first communication device.

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A software product for use in operating a service control point (SCP), wherein the SCP comprises a called number data structure, a treatment data structure, and a destination data structure, the product comprising:

processing system instructions operational when executed by an SCP processing system to direct the SCP processing system to:
receive a first plurality of query messages for a first plurality of call attempts to a called number;
process the first plurality of query messages in the called number data structure to determine a first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to block, and to yield a pointer to the treatment data structure;
and
enter the pointer to the treatment data structure into the treatment data structure to yield a first plurality of response messages, wherein the first plurality of response messages includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to the called number;
interface instructions operational when executed by the SCP processing system to direct an SCP interface to receive the first plurality of query messages and transmit the first plurality of response messages;
and
a storage medium operational to store the processing system instructions and the interface instructions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Telecommunications service control point with code blocking

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Telecommunications service control point with code blocking

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