Technology For Combating Mobile Phone Criminal Activity

• US 20140214423A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Camargo, Fernando A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/41 using speaker recognition speaker recognition per se G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656

Abstract

Technology for crime control includes receiving a voucher identifier for a mobile phone credit voucher purchased under duress by a victim and generating a request for a legal order directing a telecommunication service provider to obtain certain information about use of the voucher. Approval for the legal order is received and the legal order and the voucher identifier are transmitted by a law enforcement agency computer system via a network to a computer system of the telecommunication service provider. A phone number associated with a mobile phone to which a credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied and a recording of a telephone call to or from the phone number are received via the network from the telecommunication service provider computer system and the law enforcement agency computer system performs an automated analysis of the call by a voice recognition process.

Claims

1. A method for crime control comprising:

receiving a voucher identifier for a mobile phone credit voucher purchased under duress by a victim;

generating a request for a legal order directing a telecommunication service provider to obtain certain information about use of the voucher;

receiving approval for the legal order and transmitting the legal order and the voucher identifier by a law enforcement agency computer system via a network to a computer system of the telecommunication service provider;

receiving, via the network from the telecommunication service provider computer system, a phone number associated with a mobile phone to which a credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied and a recording of a telephone call to or from the phone number; and

performing an automated analysis of the call by a voice recognition process of the law enforcement agency computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

presenting an alert by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the alert includes presenting the alert responsive to the automated analysis identifying at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for identifying a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising:

presenting, by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis, at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for apprehending a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the alert includes identifying a plurality of calls from the mobile phone for the account to which the credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving from the telecommunication service provider an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number of the mobile phone to which the credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising:

communicating to other telecommunication service providers authorization to disable the mobile phone having the identified International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number.

8. A system comprising:

at least one computing processor; and

a computer-readable storage media connected to the at least one computing processor, wherein the computer-readable storage media has stored thereon a program for controlling the at least one computing processor to perform crime control actions, and wherein the at least one computing processor is operative with the program to execute the program to;

receive a voucher identifier for a mobile phone credit voucher purchased under duress by a victim;

generate a request for a legal order directing a telecommunication service provider to obtain certain information about use of the voucher;

receive approval for the legal order and transmitting the legal order and the voucher identifier via a network to a computer system of the telecommunication service provider;

receive, via the network from the telecommunication service provider computer system, a phone number associated with a mobile phone to which a credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied and a recording of a telephone call to or from the phone number; and

perform an automated analysis of the call by a voice recognition process.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one computing processor is operative with the program to execute the program to present an alert by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein presenting the alert includes presenting the alert responsive to the automated analysis identifying at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for identifying a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the at least one computing processor is operative with the program to execute the program to present, by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis, at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for apprehending a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the at least one computing processor is operative with the program to execute the program to receive from the telecommunication service provider an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number of the mobile phone to which the credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied.

13. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one computing processor is operative with the program to execute the program to communicate to other telecommunication service providers authorization to disable the mobile phone having the identified International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number.

14. A computer program product for crime control, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium; and

computer-readable program code embodied in the computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to cause at least one computing processor to;

receive a voucher identifier for a mobile phone credit voucher purchased under duress by a victim;

generate a request for a legal order directing a telecommunication service provider to obtain certain information about use of the voucher;

receive approval for the legal order and transmitting the legal order and the voucher identifier via a network to a computer system of the telecommunication service provider;

receive, via the network from the telecommunication service provider computer system, a phone number associated with a mobile phone to which a credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied and a recording of a telephone call to or from the phone number; and

perform an automated analysis of the call by a voice recognition process.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to cause at least one computing processor to present an alert by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein presenting the alert includes presenting the alert responsive to the automated analysis identifying at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for identifying a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to cause at least one computing processor to present, by the law enforcement agency computer system responsive to the automated analysis, at least specific words indicating that the call includes information useful for apprehending a person who coerced the victim to purchase the identified credit voucher.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein presenting the alert includes identifying a plurality of calls from the mobile phone for the account to which the credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied.

19. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to cause at least one computing processor to execute the program to receive from the telecommunication service provider an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number of the mobile phone to which the credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to cause at least one computing processor to communicate to other telecommunication service providers authorization to disable the mobile phone having the identified International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number.