Patent ID: 6064878
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for connecting calls to a recipient's telephone having a single called-party number to which said network directs calls destined to said recipient's telephone, said method comprising the steps of:a call contact platform accepting an access from a special party;based on information provided by said special party and previously provided by said recipient and stored in a database, developing a new, revocable, unique handle, which a caller is able use without post dial tone prompting for connection to said recipient's telephone, and which said network, as with all other handles relating to said recipient's telephone, is adapted to translate to said single called-party number and connect said caller to said recipient's telephone under conditions specified by said special party by means of said information;developing said conditions under which said handle, when supplied by a caller, is translated to said caller-party number; andcarrying out an action following said step of developing conditions;where said step of developing a new handle is substantially independent of the number of previously developed handles that coexist with said handle.