Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7103162?oq=5%2C815%2C488
Timestamp: 2018-05-25 14:00:21
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US7103162B1 - Exempting certain incoming callers from screening by a privacy system - Google Patents
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James C. CESARIO, JR.
A privacy system determines in connection with a call from a particular calling party whether a name identification thereof is available, and if so allows the call to be put through to the called party with the name identification. The called party thus can review the name identification of the calling party prior to determining whether to answer the call. The privacy system includes a list of privileged calling parties with respect to and as specified by the called party, and if the name identification is not available, the privacy system determines whether the calling party is on such list. If so, the privacy system allows the call to be put through to the called party without the name identification.
The present invention relates to a privacy system that screens calls from a pre-defined class of calling parties prior to putting the each such call through to a called party, and to a method for exempting certain incoming calling parties from being screened by the privacy system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for the called party to selectively exempt such certain incoming calls.
In the circumstance where the name identification is not presented to the calling party, such called party may wish to have the call terminated prior to being connected thereto, and may in fact subscribe to such a ‘privacy’ service to screen such calls, where the privacy service may be AIN- or non-AIN-based. In such a case, the called party is never made aware that the call was attempted inasmuch as the privacy service intercepts the call prior to the call being put through. Similarly, in such circumstance, such called party may wish to be connected to the call only if the calling party is given an opportunity to provide the identification, and may in fact subscribe to such a modified privacy service to screen such calls, where the modified privacy service also may be AIN- or non-AIN-based. In such a case, the called party may be made aware that the call is attempted prior to the call being put through, but is not connected to the call until the called party affirmatively chooses such course of action, perhaps based on whether the calling party provides the identification and on whether the identification is acceptable to the called party.
A problem arises in connection with the privacy or modified-privacy (hereinafter ‘privacy’) service in that the called party may wish to receive calls from certain calling parties without any screening. For example, such certain calling parties may be a friend or relative of the called party, a doctor, a hospital, etc. In the case where the call is terminated prior to being connected if the name identification is not presented, it may be that the called party knows that it wants to receive calls from a certain calling party based on a telephone number thereof, but that the corresponding name identification is blocked or otherwise cannot be presented. In such a situation, despite wanting to receive calls from the calling party, such calls will be blocked based on the failure to present the identification.
The present invention satisfies the aforementioned need by providing a privacy system implemented as a service to a called party by a telephone service provider of the called party. The called party wishes to have a name identification of each calling party making a call to such called party prior to determining whether to answer such call and thus subscribes to a name identification service as provided by the telephone service provider. The name identification service obtains the name identification if available and displays such name identification to the called party. However, the name identification of particular ones of each calling party are not available.
Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals are used to indicate like elements throughout, there is shown in FIG. 2 a privacy system 10 for providing a privacy service that screens each call for a called party 12 from any calling party 14. Typically, the privacy system 10 is implemented as a service to the called party 14 by the telephone service provider 16 of the called party 14, and is at least partially implemented at an SSP 105 or central office administered by the telephone service provider 16. The privacy system 10 may be AIN-based or non-AIN based without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
If the telephone number is indeed on the list 20, the call is put through to the called party 14 (step 321). Here, of course, no name identification is sent with the call, although the telephone number of the calling party 12 may be sent with the call to be displayed on the display 18 (step 323), and a suitable reference (‘ON LIST’, e.g.) may also be sent with the call to be displayed on the display 18 (step 325).
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