Patent ID: 6490349
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone scan-dialing arrangement comprising:A. a plurality of dialer modules, each dialer module being associated with a respective modem, each dialer module being configured to (i) receive call control information specifying a telephone number to be dialed in connection with a call and call operations to be performed in connection with the call, one call operation comprising a connect operation, (ii) control its associated modem to call the telephone number provided thereto in the call control information and perform the specified call operations, the dialer module being configured to, during a connect operation, enable its respective modem to dial the telephone number to determine whether equipment connected to a called telephone line associated with the telephone number connects, and hang up after the equipment connects; and (iii) store call information related to the call; and B. a dialing control module configured to, during a scan-dial run, obtain from a profile a set of telephone numbers in response to selected telephone number selection criteria to be used during the scan-dial run, and generate for each telephone number call control information for provision to each dialer module as it finishes each call.