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US 7,596,216 B2Granted
System and method for identifying redirected calls
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsLarry B. Pearson, Dianna Inara Tiliks, John Wesley Moss, Barbara Allyn Vozar, Robert Carl Hager
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Abstract
Methods and systems for identifying redirected calls are provided. A particular method includes receiving a redirected call. When the redirected call is redirected from a first address, the method includes generating a first distinctive ring at a communication device. When the redirected call is not redirected from the first address, the method includes generating a second distinctive ring at the communication device.
Claims20
A method of identifying a redirected call, the method comprising:
- receiving the redirected call;
- when the redirected call is redirected from a first address, generating a first distinctive ring at a communication device;
- and
- when the redirected call is not redirected from the first address, generating a second distinctive ring at the communication device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a call termination request, the call termination request including a redirect number address;
- and
- sending a query including the redirect number address to a service control point (SCP);
- and
- receiving, from the SCP, an authorized termination response including a direction to use a selected ring tone, wherein the selected ring tone includes a first distinctive ring when the redirect number address is a first address and wherein the selected ring tone includes a second distinctive ring when the redirect number address is not the first address.
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A system comprising:
- a network connection to a service control point (SCP);
- and
- computer logic responsive to the network connection, the computer logic operable to execute computer-readable instructions to:
- receive a call termination request via the network connection, the call termination request including a redirect number address;
- send a query message including the redirect number address to the SCP;
- and
- receive, from the SCP, an authorized termination response including a direction to use a selected ring tone, wherein the selected ring tone includes a first distinctive ring when the redirection number address is a first address and wherein the selected ring tone includes a second distinctive ring when the redirection number address is not the first address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.