Method for blocking illegal prerecord messages (robocalls)

A telephone unit for receiving a telephone call and saving an audio message without ringing the telephone unit, comprising:

• a telephone unit;
• the telephone unit comprising:
• a central processing unit capable of being programmed to implement coded instructions;
• a non-transitory storage medium;
• and a signal generator to notify a user that a telephone call is being received;
• and
• the central processing unit programmed with instructions stored on the non-transitory storage medium, the instructions when implemented cause the telephone unit:
• to respond to an instruction received at the telephone unit not to activate the signal generator;
• and
• to save an incoming message in the non-transitory storage medium.

A method for transmitting an instruction to a recipient telephone unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a server computer;
• connecting the server computer to a recipient telephone unit, the telephone unit comprising a central processing unit capable of implementing coded instructions received by the recipient telephone unit;
• the server computer transmitting a coded instruction to the recipient telephone unit;
• and
• causing the central processing unit to implement the coded instruction causing an action selected from the group consisting of:
• receiving a telephone call without ringing the recipient telephone unit;
• deleting a message stored at the recipient telephone unit;
• ringing a bell of the recipient telephone unit;
• turning on a light of the recipient telephone unit;
• and
• turning on a speaker of the recipient telephone unit.