System and method to mitigate impersonation spoofing
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsHoward L. Lang, Karen Stansbury, Sheldon Kent Meredith
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of: receiving a selection criteria for calls originating from a telephone number; detecting a call having a caller identification matching the telephone number; determining that the call does not meet the selection criteria; and blocking the call responsive to the determining. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a selection criteria for calls originating from a telephone number;
- detecting a call having a caller identification matching the telephone number;
- determining that the call does not meet the selection criteria;
- and
- blocking the call responsive to the determining.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a call having a caller identification matching a telephone number of a selection criteria record in a do not originate database;
- determining that the call does not meet a selection criteria of the selection criteria record;
- and
- blocking the call responsive to the determining.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a call having an originating telephone number;
- finding, by the processing system, a selection criteria for the originating telephone number in a do not originate database;
- determining, by the processing system, that the call does not meet the selection criteria;
- and
- blocking, by the processing system, the call responsive to the determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.