US 9,288,312 B2 · System and method for monitoring incoming telephone calls

Abstract

There is provided a monitoring system for monitoring incoming telephone calls, including telephone calls with different called numbers, the system comprising an electronic processor and an associated database containing caller details with corresponding telephone numbers and details regarding locations and/or people to visit with corresponding telephone numbers, the system being adapted to: detect the originating number of the caller and the called number to which the incoming call was made; to store the time, date and number of an incoming call the originating number of which has been detected and store data representing the number to which the incoming call was made; and to identify the location of the caller/person being visited by the caller corresponding to the detected called number by referring to the associated database, and to identify the identity of the caller corresponding to the originating number by referring to the associated database.

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Dependent claims

A monitoring system for monitoring incoming telephone calls, including telephone calls with different called numbers, the system comprising an electronic processor and an associated database containing caller details with corresponding telephone numbers and/or caller voice samples, details regarding locations and/or people to visit with corresponding first telephone numbers;

wherein the monitoring system is adapted to:
detect the called number to which an incoming call was made;
detect the originating number and/or the voice of a caller making the incoming call,
to store the time, date and number of the incoming call and store data representing the number to which the incoming call was made;
to identify the identity of the caller corresponding to the originating number and/or voice by referring to caller details in the associated database,
to identify the location of the caller/person being visited by the caller corresponding to the detected called number by referring to the first telephone numbers in the associated database, and for at least some of the detected incoming calls,
to call a number in the associated database,
to receive a voice sample in response to the outgoing call,
and to determine if the received voice sample from the outgoing call matches a voice sample stored in the associated database.

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A monitoring system for monitoring incoming telephone calls, including telephone calls with different called numbers, the system comprising an electronic processor and an associated database containing caller details with corresponding telephone numbers and details regarding locations and/or people to visit with corresponding telephone numbers, the system being adapted to:

detect the originating number of a caller and the called number to which an incoming call was made;
to store the time, date and number of the incoming call the originating number of which has been detected and store data representing the number to which the incoming call was made;
and to identify the location of the caller/person being visited by the caller corresponding to the detected called number by referring to the associated database, and to identify the identity of the caller corresponding to the originating number by referring to the associated database.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for monitoring incoming telephone calls

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