System and Method for Multi-Channel Blocking

• US 20080274694A1
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Inventors: Bakker, Jan John-Luc, George, Richard John, Alfano, Nicholas, McDonald, Ian James, Gisby, Douglas Michael, Asthana, Atul, Heit, David Lloyd, Castell, William David
• Application Number:
  US11/742,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20080274694A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• 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: H04Q 2213/13034 A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13096 Digital apparatus individually associated with a subscriber line, digital line circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13175 Graphical user interface [GUI], WWW interface, visual indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13274 Call rejection, call barring
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13332 Broadband, CATV, dynamic bandwidth allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13336 Store & forward, messaging systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13375 Electronic mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet

Abstract

A system and method for multi-channel blocking, the method having the steps of: creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device; communicating the block filter to a blocking element; and executing the blocking filter at the blocking element.

Claims

1. A method for multi-channel blocking comprising the steps of:

creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device;

communicating the block filter to a blocking element; and

executing the blocking filter at the blocking element.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step incorporates all communications channels of a mobile device into the block filter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the creating step further incorporates all communications received over any communications channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step selectively incorporates communications received from a source identifier into the block filter.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the creating step further comprises looking up the source identifier in an address book and adding communications received from source identifiers correlated to the source identifier within the address book.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the source identifier is received by prompting a user.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a source identifier for a first communications channel is correlated to a source identifier for a second communications channel.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step further incorporates a time into the block filter.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the time is chosen from a permanent block, a temporary block and a scheduled block.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the temporary block is chosen from a time duration or a fixed end time.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the scheduled block is recurring.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step further incorporates a communications channel selection from a user to create the block filter.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the executing step, ignoring communications having a source identifier within the block filter.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the blocking element is one or both of a mobile device and a server.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the executing step is performed on the one or both of the mobile device and the server receiving the block filter from the communicating step.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step is done by a separate entity from a mobile device and a server.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the separate entity utilizes an information technology policy to create the blocking filter.

18. A system for multi-channeling blocking comprising:

at least one server;

a mobile device, the mobile device adapted to receive communications over multiple communications channels from the at least one server, the mobile device characterized by;

means for creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device; and

communication means adapted to communicate the block filter to one or both of the mobile device and the server;

wherein the one or both of the mobile device and the server are further adapted to execute the blocking filter.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for creating is adapted to incorporate all communications channels of a mobile device into the block filter.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate all communications received over any communications channel.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for creating is adapted to selectively incorporate communications received from a source identifier into the block filter.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for creating is adapted to look up the source identifier in an address book and adding communications received from source identifiers correlated to the source identifier within the address book.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising input means to receive the source identifier.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein a source identifier for a first communications channel is correlated to a source identifier for a second communications channel.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate a time into the block filter.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the time is chosen from a permanent block, a temporary block and a scheduled block.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the temporary block is chosen from a time duration or a fixed end time.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the scheduled block is recurring.

29. The system of any claim 18, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate a communications channel selection from a user to create the block filter.

30. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for ignoring communications having a source identifier within the block filter.

31. The system of claim 18, further comprising a separate entity adapted to create the block filter and communicate the block filter to the mobile device, the server, or both the mobile device and the server.

32. A mobile device for use in multi-channel blocking, the mobile device adapted to receive communications over multiple communications channels, the mobile device characterized by:

means for creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device;

communication means adapted to communicate the block filter to a block filter recipient.

33. The mobile device of claim 32, further comprising means to execute the blocking filter.

34. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the means for creating is adapted to incorporate all communications channels of the mobile device into the block filter.

35. The mobile device of claim 34, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate all communications received over any communications channel.

36. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the means for creating is adapted to selectively incorporate communications received from a source identifier into the block filter.

37. The mobile device of claim 36, wherein the means for creating is adapted to look up the source identifier in an address book and adding communications received from source identifiers correlated to the source identifier within the address book.

38. The mobile device of claim 36, further comprising input means to receive the source identifier.

39. The mobile device of claim 36, wherein a source identifier for a first communications channel is correlated to a source identifier for a second communications channel.

40. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate a time into the block filter.

41. The mobile device of claim 40, wherein the time is chosen from a permanent block, a temporary block and a scheduled block.

42. The mobile device of claim 41, wherein the temporary block is chosen from a time duration or a fixed end time.

43. The mobile device of claim 41, wherein the scheduled block is recurring.

44. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the means for creating is further adapted to incorporate a communications channel selection from a user to create the block filter.

45. The mobile device of claim 32, further comprising means for ignoring communications having a source identifier within the block filter.

46. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the block filter recipient is one or both of the mobile device and a server.