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System and method for disconnecting and preventing unwanted telephone calls and for enhancing desired calls

  • US 20020085700A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2001
  • Published: 07/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A telephony service provider system for detecting, interpreting and implementing control signal acquired from a user/customer'"'"'s telephony device which, disconnects unwanted telephone calls and prevents subsequent unwanted telephone calls, and plays back digitized-content, said system comprising:

  • a.) means for establishing a telephony link with a customer'"'"'s telephony device;

    b.) means for establishing a telephony link with a call-initiator'"'"'s telephony device;

    c.) at least one customer-editable database capable of storing a record of unwanted calls pertaining to each customer'"'"'s telephony device, wherein the record of each of said unwanted calls includes the call-initiator'"'"'s telephone number a customer chooses to block;

    d.) system memory;

    e.) at least one intelligent controller with software routines for;

    iii. detecting and acquiring control signal from a customer'"'"'s telephony device;

    iv. receiving and storing user-configurable system control parameters;

    x. receiving and storing data in said database and for editing said data;

    xi. determining call-initiator telephone numbers;

    xii. storing call-initiator telephone numbers in said database;

    xiii. detecting when a call-initiator is attempting to establish a telephony link with a customer'"'"'s telephony device;

    xiv. querying database data pertaining to the customer a call-initiator is attempting to call and determining if the call-initiator'"'"'s phone number matches any telephone number that customer has previously chosen to block;

    xv. triggering the playback of at least one digitized file from a file playback means through at least one telephony link;

    xvi. triggering a phone call disconnecting means to terminate unwanted calls.

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