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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Bernard Ku, Austin, TX (US);
Armstrong Soo, San Ramon, CA (US);
Douglas Lin, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing privacy for a telephone number in a network are disclosed. The method receives a call associated with a disposable telephone number, and determines a call processing feature for the disposable phone number in accordance with a filtering function. The method then processes the call in accordance with the call processing feature for the disposable phone number.