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US 9,807,218 B2Granted
Method for filtering spam in electronic device and the electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-Hyun Park, Hey-Young Park, Jong-Kyu Bae
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Abstract
A method for filtering spam in an electronic device is provided. The method includes transmitting a request message inquiring whether a received call or message is spam to a server through a mobile communication network, in response to the received call or message being determined to be spam based on a response message received from the server, displaying an alert message, and storing a sender phone number of the received call or message in a spam phone number list.
Claims16
A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to a server, a first message for requesting first information related to whether a received call from a first electronic device is spam;
- receiving, from the server, a second message comprising the first information for indicating that the received call is spam, wherein the first information is determined, by the server, based on determining whether an average call duration associated with the first electronic device is equal to or shorter than a first reference time;
- and
- displaying second information for indicating that the received call is spam according to the first information,
- wherein the average call duration is determined, by the server, based on a plurality of call durations associated with the first electronic device, and
- wherein the plurality of call durations are received from a plurality of other electronic devices.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a communication module;
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:
- transmit, to a server, a first message for requesting first information related to whether a received call from a first electronic device is spam,
- receive, from the server, a second message comprising the first information for indicating that the received call is spam in response to the first message, wherein the first information is determined, by the server, based on determining whether an average call duration with the first electronic device is equal to or shorter than a first reference time, and
- display, on the display, second information for indicating that the received call is spam according to the first information,
- wherein the average call duration is determined, by the server, based on a plurality of call durations associated with the first electronic device, and
- wherein the plurality of call durations are received from a plurality of other electronic devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.