Patent ID: 7076041
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for regulating calls, comprising: receiving, at a context regulation service, a request to determine regulation requirements for a call from a network switch; detecting, at a context regulation service, a context for said call from a first party to a second party via a particular line, wherein a third party different from said first party is a line subscriber to said particular line made available to said first party for said call; accessing, at said context regulation service, a selection of context based criteria specified by said third party for said particular line; comparing, at said context regulation service, said context for said call with said selection of context based criteria; and only directing, by said context regulation service, for said network switch to establish a communication channel between said first party and said second party through said particular line if said context is acceptable within said selection of context based criteria.