Telephonic communications – With check operated control – Fraud or interference prevention
Patent
1996-05-31
1998-05-26
Kuntz, Curtis
Telephonic communications
With check operated control
Fraud or interference prevention
379143, 379151, 379154, H04M 1700
Patent
active
057578966
ABSTRACT:
Pin fraud of battery reversal pulse metered sophisticated coin telephones is detected and prevented by the method and apparatus of the invention. By carefully monitoring within the switch office the loop current that is flowing in the 48 volt battery circuit, especially in the more positive terminal portion of the 48 volt battery circuit, loss of current to a fraud ground at a remote coin telephone can be detected. Once a fraud ground is detected, the call is terminated. The current detector of this method and apparatus can also be used to terminate a call for the normal on-hook break of the loop current. A convenient location in the switch office and an inexpensive component configuration make the addition of this pin fraud detection and prevention apparatus very cost effective.
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Akhteruzzaman
Fite Wayne Charles
Kuntz Curtis
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Penrod Jack R.
Tieu Binh K.
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