Wireless communication device with call screening
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Abstract
A cellular telephone maintains a screening list of calling party numbers, and specifies call handling therefor. A mobile switching center is responsive to selected types of the specified call handling. The call handling can depend on whether the call is local or non-local, which is affected by the location of the cellular telephone. The call handling can also depend on the time at which the call is made. A subscriber updates his or her screening list via personal computer, and transmits via a communication network the updated screening list to a message center which sends the updated screening list to the cellular telephone via wireless communication. A calling party number can be specified as a wildcard.
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57 Claims
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30. A computer-readable medium on which is stored a screening list that defines functional and structural interrelationships with computer hardware and software for call handling, wherein the screening list comprises one or more records, each of the one or more records comprising:
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a calling party number field value; and
plural call handling field values including a local call handling field value and a non-local call handling field value, wherein the calling party number field value is functionally interrelated with call handling according to the plural call handling field values. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A computer-implemented method of call handling comprising:
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receiving a call from a calling party having a calling party number, wherein a screening list includes a record with call handling associated with the calling party number;
if the call handling associated with the calling party number indicates handling of the call on a call-by-call basis by a subscriber, displaying with a cellular telephone information about the calling party to the subscriber; and
receiving with the cellular telephone call handling instructions from the subscriber;
if the call handling associated with the calling party number indicates handling of the call on an automatic basis without subscriber intervention, retrieving pre-determined call handling instructions; and
directing handling of the call. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer-readable medium on which is stored a screening list that defines functional and structural interrelationships with computer hardware and software for call handling, wherein the screening list comprises one or more records, each of the one or more records comprising:
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a calling party number field value, wherein, for at least one of the one or more records, at least one digit in the calling party number field value is specified with a wildcard symbol, thereby indicating a range of calling party numbers; and
one or more call handling field values, wherein the calling party number field value is functionally interrelated with call handling according to the one or more call handling field values. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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Specification