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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Robert Stroud, Lago Vista, TX (US);
Paul A. Raccio, Wallingford, CT (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes determining whether an incoming call to a first destination is authorized at a switch of a communication network. The method includes, in response to determining that the incoming call is not authorized, determining whether the incoming call is a facsimile call, routing the incoming call to the first destination when the incoming call is not the facsimile call, and routing the incoming call to the first destination when the incoming call is the facsimile call.