Network support for call record privacy
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsDavid S. Benco, Kevin J. Overend, Baoling S. Sheen, Sandra L. True, Kenneth J. Voight
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Abstract
Embodiments of the method and system provide for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system. The method in an embodiment may have the steps of: checking for a subscription to the call record privacy feature by a subscriber; checking if the call record privacy feature is active for a call associated with the subscriber; and marking call detail records of the call as “private” when the call record privacy feature is active. The system implements the method.
Claims20
A method for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- checking for a subscription to a call record privacy feature by a subscriber;
- checking if the call record privacy feature is active for a call associated with the subscriber;
- and
- marking call detail records of the call as “private” when the call record privacy feature is active.
A method for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a billing statement for a subscriber from stored call detail records;
- checking for any more call detail records for the subscriber;
- creating, if no more call detail records, a normal call detail record billing statement;
- checking if the subscriber is authorized;
- marking, if the subscriber is authorized, call detail record as “private”;
- and
- forwarding call detail records to billing system.
A method for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a billing statement from call detail records for a subscriber;
- checking for more call detail records for the subscriber;
- outputting, if no more call detail records, the billing statement with a normal section and a private section;
- reading, if there are more call detail records, at least one further call detail record for the subscriber;
- checking if the at least one further call detail record is private;
- creating, if not private, normal billing statement charge, and returning to checking for more call detail records for the subscriber;
- adding, if private, charges to a suppressed details account in the billing statement, and returning to checking for more call detail records for the subscriber.
A system for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system, comprising:
- a monitoring module for checking for a subscription to a call record privacy feature by a subscriber, and for checking if the call record privacy feature is active for a call associated with the subscriber;
- and
- a marking module for marking call detail records of the call as “private” when the call record privacy feature is active, the marking module operatively coupled to the monitoring module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.