Patent ID: 6023503
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for deciding on the acceptance or nonacceptance of a call from a caller with the aid of caller data indicative of a caller identity which are signaled in connection with an attempt to establish said call to a certain subscriber, characterized in that in addition to the signaled caller data, actual situation data which is collected by the step of inferring an actual current situation of the certain subscriber from all possible combinations of actual current situations of the certain subscriber including time-dependent, location-dependent, and priority-dependent habits of the certain subscriber, is combined with said caller data according to freely predetermined criteria, so that said acceptance or nonacceptance is based on both said caller data and said actual situation data, including said time-dependent, location-dependent, and said priority-dependent habits of the certain subscriber, and all possible combinations thereof.