US Patent No: 7,839,988
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Methods and apparatus for data structure driven authorization and/or routing of outdial communication services
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Nov 23, 2010
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Oct 19, 2005
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for data structure driven authorization and routing of outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises obtaining a call criterion from a request to authorize an outdial communication service call, and retrieving an authorization result based on the call criterion by accessing a data structure that correlates a plurality of authorization results with a plurality of call criteria, wherein each of the plurality of authorization results is selectively modifiable.
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