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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

May. 10, 2016
Applicant:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventor:

Douglas L. Davis, Murphy, TX (US);

Assignee:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/36 (2006.01); H04Q 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/2272 (2013.01); H04M 3/367 (2013.01); H04Q 3/0087 (2013.01); H04Q 3/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform receiving a telephony connection request, determining addressing information regarding the telephony connection request, the addressing information including at least routing information or a phone number, determining traffic information regarding the telephony connection request based on the addressing information, the traffic information including previous telephony connection requests, sending a reply in response to the telephony connection request, wherein: forwarding the telephony connection request to an intended recipient would result in a system response, and the reply differs from the system response.


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