Communication terminal and reception blocking method thereof

• US 20070019235A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Dong
• Granted Patent: US 7,787,606 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A communication terminal and reception blocking method thereof are disclosed, by which a signal of a sender having poor credibility can be blocked in advance, by which a plurality of recipients are able to rate a credibility of a specific sender to block a signal of the specific sender and by which information for the rating can be shared. The present invention includes the steps of setting a level of a reception blocking for a signal transmitted from a specific sender identification number, receiving credibility rating information for the specific sender identification number, and if a credibility rating of the specific sender identification number based on the credibility rating information belongs to a range of the set level, deciding the reception blocking for the signal transmitted from the specific sender identification number.

Claims

1. A method of blocking a signal reception in a communication terminal, the method comprising:

setting a blocking level of the signal reception for a signal transmitted from a specific sender identification number;

receiving a credibility rating for the specific sender identification number; and

blocking the signal transmitted from the specific sender identification number if the credibility rating is lower than the blocking level.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal comprises one selected from the group consisting of an e-mail, a short message, a voice signal and a video signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sender identification number comprises either an e-mail address or a sender phone number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the credibility rating is a number of counts that a plurality of communication terminals including the communication terminal rate the sender identification number as bad or good.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising limiting the number of counts for each of the plurality of communication terminals.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the number of counts for the sender identification number is limited to one time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the credibility rating is a number of communication terminals that rate the signal received from the sender identification number as bad among a plurality of communication terminals including the communication terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the blocking level is a value that determines a level of the credibility rating for the sender identification number.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein if the signal transmitted from the sender identification number is already received, the corresponding signal is stored in a specific memory area together with signals of other sender identification numbers of which reception blocking is decided.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein if the signal transmitted from the sender identification number is already received, the corresponding signal is deleted and a reception log for the corresponding signal is stored.

11. A method for blocking a signal reception in a server providing a communication service to a plurality of communication terminals, the method comprising:

collecting credibility scores for a sender identification number from a plurality of the communication terminals;

deciding a credibility rating of the sender identification number from the credibility scores; and

transmitting the credibility rating to one of the plurality of the communication terminals.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the communication service comprises one selected from the group consisting of an e-mail service, a short message service, a voice signal and a video signal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the sender identification number comprises an e-mail address for the e-mail service.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the sender identification number comprises a sender phone number for the short message service, the voice service or the video service.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the credibility rating is a number of counts that the plurality of the communication terminals rate a signal received from the sender identification number as bad or good.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the credibility scores are collected from the plurality of the communication terminals.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the credibility scores are collected from each of the plurality of the communication terminals once.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the credibility rating is a total of credibility scores for the sender identification number.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the credibility rating is a value resulting from dividing a total of credibility scores for the sender identification number by the number of the communication terminals.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein if there is a transmission of a specific signal to a corresponding communication terminal, the credibility rating is also transmitted to the corresponding communication terminal.