Call screening service for detecting fraudulent inbound/outbound communications with subscriber devices
AssigneeFirst Orion Corp.
InventorsRobert Francis Piscopo, Jr., Jefferson D. Stalnaker
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Abstract
An example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an inbound call intended for a mobile device subscribed to a protected carrier network, determining the inbound call is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network, determining whether an inbound call origination source location indicates the protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network based on one or more call parameters received with the inbound call, and determining whether to transmit an indication to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- determining an inbound call intended for a mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to a protected carrier network;
- determining a call origination source location indicates an out-of-network carrier network based on the inbound call;
- and
- determining whether to transmit to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location;
- wherein when the subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, creating a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls assigned to the subscriber telephone number received at the protected carrier network.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to
- determine an inbound call intended for a mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to a protected carrier network;
- determine a call origination source location indicates an out-of-network carrier network based on the inbound call;
- and
- determine whether to transmit to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location;
- wherein when a subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, create a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls assigned to the subscriber telephone number received at the protected carrier network.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- determining an inbound call intended for a mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to a protected carrier network;
- determining a call origination source location indicates an out-of-network carrier network based on the inbound call;
- and
- determining whether to transmit to the mobile device that the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on the inbound call origination source location;
- wherein when the subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, creating a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls assigned to the subscriber telephone number received at the protected carrier network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.