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US 2006/0050858 A1Published application
Call blocking device and methods
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorBryan Smith
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Abstract
A caller ID device includes a switch and a control circuit in communication with the switch, wherein the control circuit includes a memory, the memory having a table of blocked calls, and wherein each of the blocked calls is identified as a blocked call in response to a user activating the switch.
Claims20
A caller ID device, comprising:
- a switch;
- and
- a control circuit in communication with the switch, wherein the control circuit includes a memory, the memory having a table of blocked calls, and wherein each of the blocked calls is identified as a blocked call in response to a user activating the switch.
A system, comprising:
- a calling telephone device in communication with a telecommunication network;
- and
- a caller ID device in communication with the telecommunications network, the caller ID device including:
- a switch;
- and
- a control circuit in communication with the switch, the display and the ringer circuit, wherein the control circuit includes a memory, the memory having a table of blocked calls, and wherein each of the blocked calls is identified as a blocked call in response to a user activating the switch.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a user activating a switch on a caller ID device;
- and
- identifying, via a control circuit in the caller ID device, the control circuit having a memory that has a table of blocked calls, a call as a blocked call in response to the user activating the switch.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive an indication of a user activating a switch on a caller ID device;
- and
- identify, via a control circuit in the caller ID device, the control circuit having a memory that has a table of blocked calls, a call as a blocked call in response to the user activating the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.