Patent ID: 9591464
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a control plane of a telephone network and from a first telephone device, an attempted telephone call data set corresponding to an attempted telephone call, with the attempted telephone call data set including a called party identifier code and a first purpose code identifying the first message purpose; and selectively routing the attempted telephone call through the telephone network based, at least in part, on the first purpose code; wherein: the selective routing includes: (i) communicating the attempted telephone call through to a second telephone device associated with the called party identifier code, and (ii) suppressing the attempted telephone call; the attempted telephone call data set further includes a second purpose code with the second purpose code relating to a caller party's purpose in making the attempted telephone call from the first telephone device; the first purpose code corresponds to a top level purpose category; and the second purpose code corresponds to a second level purpose sub-category of the top level purpose category such that the first and second call purpose codes are hierarchically related.