Call Screening Via Observing Called-Party Behavior
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a data-processing system, signaling information for a first telephone call made to a called party;
observing a behavior of the called party in response to the called party receiving the first telephone call; and
updating a rule for handling a second telephone call to the called party, based on the behavior observed.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that enables the screening of unwanted telephone calls, such as voice or video calls, for one or more called parties. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, an anti-SPAM system receives signaling information for one or more telephone calls made to one or more called parties by a calling party. Although the calling party can be a human caller, in a SPAM-over-Internet-Telephony context the calling party can alternatively be a server or other network element that originates SPAM voice calls for advertising purposes; both possibilities are accounted for in the illustrative embodiment. The anti-SPAM system then observes the behavior of the called party or parties that is exhibited in response to receiving the telephone calls. Based on the observed behavior, the anti-SPAM system then updates one or more rules for handling future telephone calls made to the protected called parties.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a data-processing system, signaling information for a first telephone call made to a called party; observing a behavior of the called party in response to the called party receiving the first telephone call; and updating a rule for handling a second telephone call to the called party, based on the behavior observed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a data-processing system, signaling information for a first telephone call made to a first called party; observing a behavior of the first called party in response to the first called party receiving the first telephone call; and updating a rule for handling a second telephone call to a second called party, based on the behavior observed of the first called party. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a data-processing system, i) signaling information for a first telephone call made to a first called party and ii) signaling information for a second telephone call made to a second called party; observing i) a first behavior of the first called party in response to the first called party receiving the first telephone call and ii) a second behavior of the second called party in response to receiving the second telephone call; and updating a rule for handling a third telephone call to either the first called party or the second called party, based on both the first behavior and the second behavior observed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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