Indicating number sources used to define a whitelist for a smartphone-based robocall blocking process

A non-transitory medium storing a computer program in a mobile smartphone device comprising instructions causing the one or more computer processors in the mobile smartphone device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by the mobile smartphone device, user input comprising an selection of at least one of one or more telephone number sources, the number sources comprising at least one list of a contact list comprising corresponding contact telephone numbers, a list of outbound voice calls comprising corresponding called party telephone numbers, or a list of one or more inbound email messages comprising a corresponding telephone number;
• identifying a telephone number from the at least one or more selected number sources;
• adding the identified telephone number to a whitelist in response to identifying the telephone number from the at least one or more selected number sources;
• receiving an incoming voice call from the identified telephone number after the telephone number is added to the whitelist;
• and
• generating an alerting indication for the incoming voice call in response to determining the incoming voice call is from the identified telephone number in accordance with a determination that the identified telephone number is in the whitelist.

A method for a mobile smartphone device to process an incoming voice calls, comprising:

• receiving, by the mobile smartphone device, user input comprising an selection of at least one of one or more telephone number sources, the number sources comprising at least one list of a contact list comprising corresponding contact telephone numbers, a list of outbound voice calls comprising corresponding called party telephone numbers, or a list of one or more inbound email messages;
• identifying a telephone number from the at least one or more selected number sources;
• ascertaining the telephone number is not in the whitelist;
• adding the identified telephone number to a whitelist in response to identifying the telephone number from the at least one or more selected number sources;
• receiving an incoming voice call from the identified telephone number after the telephone number is added to the whitelist;
• and
• generating an alerting indication for the incoming voice call in response to determining the incoming voice call is from the identified telephone number in accordance with a determination that the identified telephone number is in the whitelist.