Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically populating signaling-based access control database
AssigneeTekelec
InventorTravis Earl Russell
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically populating a signaling-based access control database based on output from a fraud detection application are disclosed. According to one method, a fraud detection application detects fraud based on call information received from monitoring points in a network. The fraud detection application produces output for identifying a calling party making a fraudulent call. The output is used to automatically populate a signaling-based access control database. A signaling-based access control application screens call signaling messages and performs a screening action, such as rerouting a call, using the information received from the fraud detection application.
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A method for automatically populating a signaling-based access control database comprising:
- (a) collecting signaling message data for signaling messages relating to calls in a telecommunications network;
- (b) providing the signaling message data to a fraud detection application;
- (c) receiving, from the fraud detection application, information identifying a calling party making a fraudulent call;
- (d) automatically populating a signaling-based access control database based on the information received from the fraud detection application;
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- (e) screening call signaling messages based on the information received from the fraud detection application that is stored in the signaling based access control database and performing screening actions for the screened call signaling messages.
A system for mitigating fraud in telecommunications networks, the system comprising:
- (a) a fraud detection application for detecting fraud in a telecommunications network and for producing output for identifying a party making a fraudulent call;
- (b) a signaling-based access control database for storing signaling-based call screening criteria;
- (c) a signaling-based access control application for screening call signaling messages based on information stored in the access control database;
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- (d) an auto provisioning interface for receiving the information output from the fraud detection application and for automatically populating the access control database with the information, wherein the signaling based access control application screens call signaling messages using the information received from the fraud detection application that is stored in the signaling based access control database and performs screening actions for the screened call signaling messages.
A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:
- (a) screening call setup signaling messages based on data stored in a signaling-based access control database;
- (b) receiving, from a fraud detection application, information identifying a calling party making a fraudulent call;
- (c) automatically populating the signaling-based access control database based on the information received from the fraud detection application;
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- (e) screening call signaling messages based on the information received from the fraud detection application that is stored in the signaling based access control database and performing screening actions for the screened call signaling messages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.