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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Marco Schneider, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Charles Cunetto, Austin, TX (US);
John Edward Lemay, Austin, TX (US);
Marco Schneider, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Charles Cunetto, Austin, TX (US);
John Edward Lemay, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for data structure driven authorization and routing of outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises obtaining a call criterion from a request to authorize an outdial communication service call, and retrieving an authorization result based on the call criterion by accessing a data structure that correlates a plurality of authorization results with a plurality of call criteria, wherein each of the plurality of authorization results is selectively modifiable.