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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49 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 in the record; and
plural call handling field values in the record, the plural call handling field values including a local call handling field value and a non-local call handling field value different than the 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, wherein the local call handling field value specifies how to handle a call that has the calling party number field value in the record if the call is local, and wherein the non-local call handling field value specifies how to handle the call if the call is non-local. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. 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 in the record, 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 numerical range of calling party numbers for incoming call handling; and
one or more call handling field values in the record, 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 (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of call handling using a screening list, the method comprising:
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storing a screening list, wherein the screening list comprises one or more records, each of the one or more records comprising;
a calling party number field value in the record; and
plural call handling field values in the record, the plural call handling field values including a local call handling field value and a non-local call handling field value different than the local call handling field value, wherein the local call handling field value specifies how to handle a call that has the calling party number field value in the record if the call is local, and wherein the non-local call handling field value specifies how to handle the call if the call is non-local;
receiving a call, wherein a calling party number for the received call matches the calling party number field value of one of the one or more records; and
directing handling of the received call according to one or more of the plural call handling field values of the record with the matched calling party number field value.
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