Appeal No. 2005-0007
Application 09/364,675
Claim 24 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
24. A telephone system of a type controllable by cards,
comprising:
a switching station including a switch processor capable of
receiving call data from at least one dial-up communication
source and a switching computer means capable of processing call
data;
said switching computer means controlling said switch
processor;
communication means capable of capturing call data received
by said switch processor, said call data including automatic
number identification and a personal identification number;
said communication means capturing call data at front side
of the call data received by the switch processor and supplying
said call data to the switching computer means, and capable of
supplying processed data from switching computer means to the
switching station;
said switching computer means being capable of obtaining
data for at least one parameter related to the card in addition
to said call data for the switching computer means to act upon in
processing call data and determining from said data from the
front side of the call data and additional parameter whether the
attempted call is placed by a caller in good standing in
accordance with parameters associated with the card;
said switching computer means capable of disallowing
completion of a call through the switching station if determined
from processing of call data and additional parameter by the
switching computer means that the call is not placed by a caller
in good standing; and
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