Patent ID: 6603851
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A telecommunications service control point (SCP) comprising:an interface configured to receive a first plurality of query messages for a first plurality of call attempts to a called number; and a processing system comprising a called number data structure, a treatment data structure, and a destination data structure and configured to: receive the first plurality of query messages; process the first plurality of query messages in the called number data structure to determine a first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to block, and to yield a pointer to the treatment data structure; and enter the pointer to the treatment data structure into the treatment data structure to yield a first plurality of response messages, wherein the first plurality of response messages includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the first plurality of call attempts to the called number; wherein the interface is further configured to transmit the first plurality of response messages.