Method of reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator, and user equipment, network entities and telecommunications networks for performing the method
AssigneeVodafone Group Services Limited
InventorsJakub Nowicki, Oscar Gallego
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Abstract
Detecting, reporting and reducing unsolicited calls in a telecommunications network. Reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator of a telecommunications network. Receiving a message at a user equipment, UE, 500 of the telecommunications network. The message comprises: a unique identifier corresponding to a call to the UE 500 that has been initiated, and one or more pre-defined responses. Receiving at the UE 500 a selected a response of the one or more predefined responses indicating that the call is an unsolicited call. Sending a report to the network operator, the report comprising the unique identifier and the selected response.
Claims15
A method of reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a message at a user equipment of the telecommunications network, the message comprising:
- a unique identifier corresponding to a call that has been initiated to the UE, and
- one or more predefined responses;
- receiving, at the UE, a selected response that is selected from among the one or more predefined responses and that indicates the call is an unsolicited call, wherein the selected response includes an indication to temporarily stop receiving calls from a caller who made the call, the indication indicating that the calls from the caller are to temporarily be stopped for a specified time period that is specified in the selected response, and wherein, after the specified time period elapses, the UE is permitted to again receive calls from the caller;
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- sending a report to the network operator, the report comprising the unique identifier and the selected response.
A method of reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- sending a message to a user equipment of the telecommunications network, the message comprising:
- a unique identifier corresponding to a call that has been initiated to the UE, and
- one or more predefined responses;
- receiving a report from the UE, the report comprising the unique identifier and a response that is selected from among the one or more predefined responses and that indicates the call is an unsolicited call, wherein the selected response includes an indication to temporarily stop receiving calls from a caller who made the call, the indication indicating that the calls from the caller are to temporarily be stopped for a specified time period that is specified in the selected response, and wherein, after the specified time period elapses, the UE is permitted to again receive calls from the caller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.