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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Jae-sun Chin, Helotes, TX (US);
Michael Raftelis, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jae-Sun Chin, Helotes, TX (US);
Michael Raftelis, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a set of available communication lines from a media gateway, associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of the available communication lines, and dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the media gateway to identify the communication line status information.