SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TELEPHONE USE

摘要

A system (100) and method for controlling the use of a telephone (102) based on user-supplied access criteria. The system includes a database (106) for storing the access criteria, a switch intelligence device (110) for entering and modifying the access criteria stored in the database in response to commands received from the telephone, and a switch (104) electrically coupled between the telephone (102) and the telephone network (108) for selectively coupling the telephone and the telephone network based on the access criteria stored in the database.