METHOD, APPARATUS, PROXY SERVER AND TERMINAL FOR FILTERING OUT SPAM CALL

• US 20110211685A1
• Filed: 04/27/2011
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chengdu Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chengdu Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LIU, Lifeng, MENG, Jian
• Application Number:
  US13/095,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20110211685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1045 Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1079 of unsolicited session attempts, e.g. SPIT
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/665 by checking the validity of a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2027 Live party detection
• 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

Abstract

A method for filtering out a spam call includes: transmitting test information to a calling terminal when receiving a call request from the calling terminal; determining whether feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct; if the feedback information is incorrect, determining the call request as a spam call request, and filtering out the call request. An apparatus, a proxy server and a terminal are further provided, so as to effectively determine whether a call request from a calling terminal is a spam call request initiated by a machine or software, therefore improving the security and accuracy of a test, and reducing the cost as there is no need to install a speech recognition system.

Claims

1. A method for filtering out a spam call, comprising:

transmitting test information to a calling terminal when receiving a call request from the calling terminal;

determining whether feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct;

if the feedback information is incorrect, determining the call request as a spam call request, and filtering out the call request.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the test information comprises test information generated by combining an authentication code and an intelligent answer, or test information generated by speech questioning.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct comprises:

matching an answer stored in a database with the feedback information;

if the matching is unsuccessful, determining that the feedback information corresponding to the test information and transmitted by the calling terminal is incorrect.

4. A detector for filtering out a spam call, comprising:

a test database, configured to store test information; and

a detection module, configured to transmit the test information to a calling terminal when receiving a call request from the calling terminal, determine whether feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct, and determine the call request as a spam call request and filter out the call request if the feedback information is incorrect.

5. The detector according to claim 4, wherein the test information comprises test information generated by combining an authentication code and an intelligent answer, or test information generated by speech questioning.

6. The detector according to claim 4, wherein the detection module is further configured to match an answer to the test information stored in the test database with the feedback information, when receiving the feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in the one-key reply manner.

7. The detector according to claim 5, wherein the detection module is further configured to determine that the feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is incorrect, if the matching is unsuccessful.

8. A detect device for filtering out a spam call, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive a call request from a calling terminal; and

a detector, configured to transmit test information to the calling terminal through the transceiver when the transceiver receives the call request, determine whether feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct, and determine the call request as a spam call request and filter out the call request if the feedback information is incorrect.

9. The detect device according to claim 8, wherein the test information comprises test information generated by combining an authentication code and an intelligent answer, or test information generated by speech questioning.

10. The detect device according to claim 8, wherein the detector is further configured to match an answer to the test information stored in a database with the feedback information, when receiving the feedback information of the calling terminal received by the transceiver.

11. The detect device according to claim 10, wherein the detector is further configured to determine that the feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is incorrect if the matching is unsuccessful.

12. The detect device according to claim 10, wherein the detector is further configured to determine that the feedback information corresponding to the test information and generated by the calling terminal in a one-key reply manner is correct and transmit the call request to a called terminal corresponding to the call request through the transceiver, when the matching is successful.

13. The detect device according to claim 10, wherein the detect device is a proxy server.

14. The detect device according to claim 10, wherein the detect device is a terminal.

15. The detect device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a call connection apparatus, configured to accept the call request if the matching performed by the detector is successful; and

a prompt apparatus, configured to display a phone number of the calling terminal corresponding to the call request or notify a user of a phone call, after accepting the call request.