Detecting possible fraudulent communications usage
CA 2215361 C · Owner: Regnault, John Christopher · Inventors: Regnault, John Christopher; Woods, David John; Scott, Michael
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A method of, and a system for, detecting possible fraudulent use of a telecommunications network. Call event records both call initiation and call , completion records are examined. A call record has a number of key fields e.g. called number, calling number, calling card number and for each field in , turn the key is used to access a database containing an associated set of profiles. Each profile contains an algorithm defining a measurement process to be performed on the call data, e.g. determine the call duration. The respective process results are added to a respective set of stores associated with each profile, and an alarm response is generated when a threshold of a store is …
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- Filed March 29, 1996 and granted January 23, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2016.
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