WO2006068956A3 - Telephone call handling list for multiple users - Google Patents

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WO2006068956A3
WO2006068956A3 PCT/US2005/045664 US2005045664W WO2006068956A3 WO 2006068956 A3 WO2006068956 A3 WO 2006068956A3 US 2005045664 W US2005045664 W US 2005045664W WO 2006068956 A3 WO2006068956 A3 WO 2006068956A3
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list
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Michael Smith
William P Mcmullin
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America Online Inc
Michael Smith
William P Mcmullin
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/436—Arrangements for screening incoming calls, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
    • H04M2201/38—Displays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/22—Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
    • H04M3/2281—Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
    • H04M3/53366—Message disposing or creating aspects
    • H04M3/53383—Message registering commands or announcements; Greetings

Abstract

Enabling handling of incoming phone calls includes receiving an indication from one or more call recipients (110) reflecting a desire to block future calls from a call source (105). A number of received indications reflecting a desire to block futur calls from the call source is determined and compared to a threshold. An identifier of the call source (105) is added to a list of call sources (125) from which future calls are specially handled when the number of indications meets the threshold. Handling an incoming call from an undesired call source includes receiving an indication of a call placed to a call recipient (110). A source of the call is identified. Whether the identified call source is included in the list of call sources (125) from which future calls are specially handled is determined. Special handling is applied to the call when the identified call source is included in the list (125).
PCT/US2005/045664 2004-12-21 2005-12-20 Telephone call handling list for multiple users WO2006068956A2 (en)

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