System and method for identifying unwanted communications using communication fingerprinting

A system for identifying communicators as wanted or unwanted based on messages from such communicators, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive an inbound message from a communicator;
• compare the inbound message to fingerprints stored in a database accessible to the data processing system;
• determine at least one match to the fingerprints;
• determine an identity of the communicator by determining whether and how likely the communicator is wanted or unwanted based on the at least one match to the fingerprints;
• and
• configure handling of calls from the communicator based on the identity.

Non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program code that when executed by a programmable processor causes execution of a method for identifying communicators as wanted or unwanted based on messages from such communicators, the computer-readable media comprising:

• computer program code for receiving an inbound message from a communicator;
• computer program code for comparing the inbound message to fingerprints stored in a database accessible to the data processing system;
• computer program code for determining at least one match to the fingerprints;
• computer program code for determining an identity of the communicator by determining whether and how likely the communicator is wanted or unwanted based on the at least one match to the fingerprints;
• and
• computer program code for configuring handling of calls from the communicator based on the identity.