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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Tobias Martin, Rabenau, DE;
Gerald Lumma, Darmstadt, DE;
Ulrike Weber, Bensheim, DE;
Dieter Wuest, Waldems, DE;
Soenke Gruetzmacher, Willich, DE;
DEUTSCHE TELEKON AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network to which a telephone network subscriber is connected includes: a telephone system server, configured to: emulate an extension subscriber in order to simulate the existence of the emulated extension subscriber of the telephone system vis-à-vis an attacking entity, receive a control command from the attacking entity to establish a telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber, and send a connection request to the telephone network subscriber in response to receiving the control command in order to initiate the establishment of the telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber; and a telephone network abuse detection device configured to detect an abuse attempt in the public telephone network on the basis of the telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber.