Patent ID: 9083784
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a communication query from a network element of a communication network to access a subscriber device by a requested communication mode at a requested time period; retrieving, by the system, an address pointer from a telephone number mapping server corresponding to the subscriber device and the requested communication mode to identify a retrieved address pointer; determining, by the system, whether the retrieved address pointer indicates that the requested communication mode for the subscriber device is enabled or disabled for the requested time period; transmitting, by the system, a rejection of the communication query to the network element responsive to determining that the requested communication mode is disabled for the request time period; and servicing, by the system, the communication query for the subscriber device using the requested communication mode responsive to determining that the requested communication mode is enabled for the requested time period.