Fraud prevention in a public telephone station

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1987-06-25

1988-11-01

Dwyer, James L.

Telephonic communications

Call or terminal access alarm or control

Fraud or improper use mitigating or indication

379145, H04M 166

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047825162

ABSTRACT:
Control equipment employed in a customer-owned public telephone station prevents a user from making unauthorized telephone calls in the telephone system. Operating under the control of a computer in the station, the control equipment is responsive to momentary loop breaks occurring on tip and ring lines connecting the station to a central office, and to a loop break provided by the central office which reflects that the far end party has disconnected. The control equipment is also responsive to scheduled as well as as unscheduled receipt of dial tone. The combination of ongoing loop break and dial tone detection and analysis conveniently provides the desired protection for reliable operation of the customer-owned public telephone station in the telephone system. Restrictions incorporated in the station for obtaining the desired protection are applied with minimal inconvenience for the legitimate user.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4182934 (1980-01-01), Keys et al.
patent: 4612419 (1986-09-01), Smith
patent: 4698840 (1987-10-01), Dively et al.
TE&M Special Report Payphone/Cocot "Intelligence Makes Payphones Pay", Mar. 5, 1978, by John S. Vaughan.

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