Patent ID: 6459902
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A system for selectively blocking or dropping calls in a telecommunications network comprising:first means for monitoring usage of said telecommunications network and providing a gauging signal in response thereto when said usage exceeds a predetermined threshold; second means for determining a percentage of calls to block by said network in response to said gauging signal, said percentage of calls to block corresponding to a desired number of calls to block out of a certain number of calls; third means for automatically blocking said percentage of calls over said certain number of calls, wherein the third means includes means for accounting for values of said desired number of blocked calls that do not evenly divide into said certain number of calls; and wherein said means for accounting includes means for dividing said certain number of calls by said desired number of calls to be blocked and providing a number of calls to skip and a remainder in response thereto, sad number of calls to skip equivalent to one less than the quotient resulting from the division of said certain number of calls by said desired number of calls to be blocked.