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US 11,991,318 B1Granted
Enhanced caller information used for nuisance caller management
AssigneeFirst Orion Corp.
InventorsDaniel Francis Kliebhan, Scott D. Hambuchen, Mark Himelfarb, Joshua Harrison Lange
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Abstract
A system may include one or more of a called device, a calling device, configured to call the called device, and a network module. The network module is configured to process incoming call information of a call placed to the called device and configured to route the call to a destination based on preferences of the called device.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving a call, the call comprising a called device identifier corresponding to a called device and a calling device identifier corresponding to a calling device;
- submitting an enhanced information query comprising the calling device identifier and the called device identifier;
- determining whether the called device will accept the call based on a result of the enhanced information query;
- determining a call routing preference based on the calling device identifier and the called device identifier to route the call to a different destination than the called device when the call exceeds a spam score threshold;
- routing the call based on the preference;
- and
- providing the called device with information about the purpose or context of the call.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- receiving a call, the call comprising a called device identifier corresponding to a called device and a calling device identifier corresponding to a calling device;
- submitting an enhanced information query comprising the calling device identifier and the called device identifier;
- determining whether the called device will accept the call based on a result of the enhanced information query;
- determining a call routing preference based on the calling device identifier and the called device identifier to route the call to a different destination than the called device when the call exceeds a spam score threshold;
- routing the call based on the preference;
- and
- providing the called device with information about the purpose or context of the call.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.