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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
James R. Koehler, Boulder, CO (US);
Qwest Communications International, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and method provides for the identification of termination telephone numbers in a telephone network which are being employed as a data network modem. When a local exchange carrier (LEC) routes a call to another telecommunications network, such as one used by a competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), it may be advantageous for reciprocal compensation purposes to identify which termination telephone numbers serviced by the CLECs are acting as modems. As such, all telephone traffic to a particular CLEC is monitored over a predetermined period of time. The information gathered is then processed and segregated according to terminating telephone number. At that point, comparisons may be made against reference information to determine whether the terminating telephone number is a modem or a non-modem.