System and method for mobile communications blocking based on crowd sourced information

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a server, from each of a plurality of mobile communications devices an indication that an electronic communication with a particular identifier is associated with a specific category;
• maintaining a running total of the number of electronic communications with the particular identifier being indicated by the plurality of mobile communications devices;
• when the running total exceeds a predetermined threshold value, storing in a database the particular identifier as being associated with the specific category;
• and
• providing the database to a mobile communications device of a user, wherein when an electronic communication with the particular identifier is transmitted to the mobile communications device of the user, the electronic communication is blocked at the mobile communications device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium with code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

• receiving, at a server, from each of a plurality of mobile communications devices an indication that an electronic communication with a particular identifier is associated with a specific category;
• cross-referencing the particular identifier with a set of identifiers stored in a first database;
• when the particular identifier does not exist in the first database, adding the particular identifier to the first database;
• when the particular identifier exists in the first database, adding a count to a running total of the number of electronic communications with the particular identifier being indicated by the plurality of mobile communications devices;
• when the running total exceeds a predetermined threshold value, storing in a second database the particular identifier as being associated with the specific category;
• and
• providing the second database to a mobile communications device of a user, wherein when an electronic communication with the particular identifier is transmitted to the mobile communications device of the user, the electronic communication is blocked at the mobile communications device.