Automated answering party identification by a voice over internet protocol network

A server device, comprising:

• a memory to store a word repository including a plurality of key words;
• and
• a processor to:
• transmit a call to a user device,
• receive a ring tone signal in response to the call,
• receive an indication that the call was answered, the indication including initial speech from an answering party, the answering party including a user or the user device,
• perform a ring tone operation to determine a user ring tone factor and a device ring tone factor based on a duration of the ring tone signal,
• perform an initial speech operation to determine a user speech factor and a device speech factor based on a duration of the initial speech,
• determine whether one or more words, contained in the initial speech, are included among the plurality of key words in the word repository,
• perform a confidence operation to determine a user confidence factor and a device confidence factor based on the determination of whether the one or more words are included among the plurality of key words in the word repository,
• compute a total user factor based on the user ring tone factor, the user speech factor, and the user confidence factor,
• compute a total device factor based on the device ring tone factor, the device speech factor, and the device confidence factor,
• determine that the answering party is the user device when the total user factor is less than the total device factor, and
• output, to the user device, a non-interactive message based on the determination that the answering party is the user device.

A system, comprising:

• at least one server device connected to a plurality of user devices and a memory, the memory storing a key word repository that includes a plurality of key words;
• and
• where the at least one server device is configured to:
• transmit a call to a user device of the one or more user devices,
• receive a ring tone signal in response to the call,
• receive a signal that the call was answered, the signal including initial speech from an answering party associated with the user device,
• perform a ring tone operation to determine a user ring tone factor and a device ring tone factor based on a period during which the ring tone signal is received,
• perform a speech filtering operation to determine a user speech factor and a device speech factor based on a period of the initial speech,
• determine whether one or more words, contained in the initial speech, are included among the plurality of key words in the key word repository,
• perform a confidence filtering operation to determine a user confidence factor and a device confidence factor based on the determination of whether the one or more words are included among the plurality of key words,
• compute a total user factor based on the user ring tone factor, the user speech factor, and the user confidence factor,
• compute a total device factor based on the device ring tone factor, the device speech factor, and the device confidence factor,
• determine that the answering party is a user when the total user factor is greater than the total device factor, and
• output an interactive message, to the user, based on the determination that the answering party is a user.