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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric S Norman, Acworth, GA (US);
Peter M Norman, Acworth, GA (US);
Bruce D Wycherley, Wanamassa, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379210 ; 379201 ; 379243 ; 379245 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing customized treatment for incoming calls from a calling party to a called party. A database is queried with a calling party identifier and a called party identifier of the calling party to obtain a call treatment parameter. When the call treatment parameter indicates the call requires treatment before being connected, treating the call without connecting the call to the called party, based on the call treatment parameter.