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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Jeffrey Sweeney, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kelsyn D. S. Rooks, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeffrey Stafford, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeffrey Sweeney, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kelsyn D. S. Rooks, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeffrey Stafford, Overland Park, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and method for providing cellular call gating. For example, in one embodiment, a femto cell is disclosed that includes a transceiver configured to send and receive signals associated with a registered cellular device; a processing unit configured to execute instructions to enable call gating function associated with the registered cellular device; a network interface configured to receive an incoming call to the registered cellular device; a caller identification module configured to identifying a caller ID associated with the incoming call; a data storage unit containing a list of allowed caller IDs associated with the registered cellular device; and a call gating module configured to route the incoming call to the registered cellular device if the caller ID associated with the incoming call is on the list of allowed caller IDs.