Method and electronic device for selective telephone call screening
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1. A method for selective telephone call screening, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a user defined list of calling number identification values (CNIDs) and a list of user screening rules;
b) storing said CNIDs and said screening rules onto a database;
c) receiving a CNID from an incoming telephone call;
d) determining if said CNID of said incoming telephone call is valid or erroneous;
e) selecting a certain set of said screening rules so as to apply to said incoming telephone call, hereafter referred to as the classification of said incoming telephone call;
f) verifying said selected screening rules which have been enabled by a user; and
g) establishing whether said incoming telephone call will be allowed to continue to ring or be terminated pursuant to said selected screening rules.
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The invention relates to a method and electronic device for user specific, selective, telephone call screening. The method affords one a multitude of choices and options relative to telephone call screening employing calling number identification values and user screening rules.
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1. A method for selective telephone call screening, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a user defined list of calling number identification values (CNIDs) and a list of user screening rules;
b) storing said CNIDs and said screening rules onto a database;
c) receiving a CNID from an incoming telephone call;
d) determining if said CNID of said incoming telephone call is valid or erroneous;
e) selecting a certain set of said screening rules so as to apply to said incoming telephone call, hereafter referred to as the classification of said incoming telephone call;
f) verifying said selected screening rules which have been enabled by a user; and
g) establishing whether said incoming telephone call will be allowed to continue to ring or be terminated pursuant to said selected screening rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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8. The electronic device of claim wherein after said ring detector detects a first ring said CNID receiver decodes said incoming call CNID so that said controller can determine which of said screening rules contained in said database apply to said incoming call, and said controller compares said rules to said user enabled rules so as to determine the outcome of said incoming call.
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