System and method for spam detection
OwnerJohn Reumann, Debanjan Saha +2inventors
InventorsJohn Reumann, Debanjan Saha, Zon-Yin Shae, Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai
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Abstract
A caller verification system and method include generating a challenge to be sent to a caller which requires a response from the caller prior to accepting a call. A response or lack thereof is determined from the caller, and the response is analyzed relative to an acceptable response to determine whether the caller is acceptable to communicate with. If the caller is acceptable, the call may be accepted.
Claims23
A caller verification method comprising:
- generating a challenge to be sent to a caller which needs a response from the caller prior to accepting a call;
- determining a response or lack thereof from the caller;
- and
- analyzing the response relative to an acceptable response to determine whether the caller is acceptable to communicate with.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform the method steps of:
- generating a challenge to be sent to a caller which requires a response from the caller prior to accepting a call or permitting the call to ring at the callee;
- determining a response or lack thereof from the caller;
- analyzing the response relative to an acceptable response to determine whether the caller is acceptable to communicate with;
- and
- if the caller is acceptable, accepting the call or permitting the ring at the callee.
A system for caller verification, comprising:
- a challenge generator which generates challenges to be sent to a caller responsive to an initiation by the caller for communications, the challenge requiring a response;
- a determination module which determines if a response has been received and receives the response from the caller;
- and
- an analyzing device which determines if the response is acceptable as compared to an acceptable response to determine whether the caller is acceptable to communicate with.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.