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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Stephen A. Smith, Parkville, MO (US);
Joseph B. Donelan, Olathe, KS (US);
Dale H. Foshe, Kansas City, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications service control point having call blocking logic configured to block a percentage of call attempts to a called number and route a percentage of call attempts to the called number. The SCP comprises a processing system coupled to an interface. The processing system is configured to a process a plurality of query messages to generate a plurality of response messages containing call handling information for a plurality of call attempts to a called number. A first percentage of the call handling information includes instructions to block a corresponding first percentage of the plurality of call attempts to the called number. A second percentage of the call handling information includes instructions to route a corresponding second percentage of the plurality of call attempts to the called number. The interface is configured to receive the plurality of query messages and transmit the plurality of response messages.