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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid, McLean, VA (US);
Prakash Bhagwan Durgani, Sterling, VA (US);
Lei Huang, Omaha, NE (US);
Charles Qichi LU, Omaha, NE (US);
Rong MA, Zhejiang, CN;
Vadim Snitkovsky, Rockville, MD (US);
Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid, McLean, VA (US);
Prakash Bhagwan Durgani, Sterling, VA (US);
Lei Huang, Omaha, NE (US);
Charles Qichi Lu, Omaha, NE (US);
Rong Ma, Zhejiang, CN;
Vadim Snitkovsky, Rockville, MD (US);
ANGEL.COM INCORPORATED, Vienna, VA (US);
Abstract
A call is placed to a communications device. A response to the call is received from a call recipient associated with the communications device. The received response is processed based on a set of parameters. Based on processing the received response, a determination is made whether the call recipient is a human or an answering machine. If the call recipient is determined to be a human, the call is handled in a first manner. If the call recipient is determined to be an answering machine, the call is handled in a second manner that is different from the first manner.