SUBSCRIBER CONTROLLED CALL LIST DEREGISTRATION

摘要

An apparatus and method within a communication switch for prompting a telemarketing organization to remove a consumer phone number from a call list include a call list deregistration system which establishes a phone connection with a telemarketing organization phone and plays a specified message on the successful connection. Entry of a specified code on a telephone keypad activates the system to establish a connection with the telemarketing organisation and plays a specified message thereto. The specified message includes an identification of the consumer (called party) usually in the form of a phone number. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of an alternate number bank for specified deregistration calls back numbers and the use of a store for maintaining a list of those numbers which have been called back and to which the specified message has been played to request removal from the calls lists.