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App. No. 19/200,854

MITIGATING DISTURBANCES AT A CALL CENTER

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Patent No.
US None
App. No.
19/200,854
Filed
May 7, 2025
Art Unit
OPAP
USPC
455/415
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of receiving, via a telephone network, a Voice over IP (VOIP) call from a network device, detecting a disturbance value from a tag that has been added to a VOIP message of the VOIP call, determining an answer priority of the VOIP call based on the disturbance value, and processing the VOIP call based on the determined answer priority.

Claims (36)

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . An apparatus, comprising:

a network interface that receives a call via a telephone network; and

a processor configured

to determine a score that indicates a likelihood that the call is a disturbance, and

to add a tag to the call, at least in part based on the score, to produce an enhanced call, wherein

the network interface transmits the enhanced call.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the score, at least in part based on machine learning.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the machine learning is at least in part based on a call history of a phone number of the call, a geographical area of the call, a time of day of the call, or a frequency of calls.

24 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the machine learning clusters a plurality of calls to identify a pattern to predict whether the call is a disturbance.

25 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the tag is added to a header of the enhanced call.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the enhanced call adheres to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

27 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the call is a public switch telephone (PSTN) call, and the apparatus converts the PSTN call to the enhanced call.

28 . A method, comprising:

receiving a call via a telephone network;

determining a score that indicates a likelihood that the call is a disturbance;

adding a tag to the call, at least in part based on the score, to produce an enhanced call; and

transmitting the enhanced call.

29 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the score is determined, at least in part based on machine learning.

30 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the machine learning is at least in part based on a call history of a phone number of the call, a geographical area of the call, a time of day of the call, or a frequency of calls.

31 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the machine learning clusters a plurality of calls to identify a pattern to predict whether the call is a disturbance.

32 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the tag is added to a header of the enhanced call.

33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the enhanced call adheres to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

34 . The method of claim 33 , further comprising:

converting the call to the enhanced call, wherein the call is a public switch telephone (PSTN) call.

35 . A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving a call via a telephone network;

determining a score that indicates a likelihood that the call is a disturbance;

adding a tag to the call, at least in part based on the score, to produce an enhanced call; and

transmitting the enhanced call.

36 . The medium of claim 35 , wherein the score is determined, at least in part based on machine learning.

37 . The medium of claim 36 , wherein the machine learning is at least in part based on a call history of a phone number of the call, a geographical area of the call, a time of day of the call, or a frequency of calls.

38 . The medium of claim 36 , wherein the machine learning clusters a plurality of calls to identify a pattern to predict whether the call is a disturbance.

39 . The medium of claim 35 wherein the tag is added to a header of the enhanced call.

40 . The medium of claim 33 , the method further comprising:

converting the call to the enhanced call, wherein the enhanced call adheres to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and the call is a public switch telephone (PSTN) call.

Assignments (2)
SUPPLEMENTAL PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 8, 2026
From: INTRADO LIFE & SAFETY, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2025
From: INTRADO CORPORATION
To: INTRADO LIFE & SAFETY, INC.
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