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Telephone call screening and routing device and related method

  • US 8,565,403 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2012
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for screening and routing an incoming call from a caller, comprising:

  • receiving at a cellular phone an incoming telephone signal including identification information;

    identifying at the cellular phone an entry in a data set that corresponds to the identification information, wherein the data set includes;

    (1) a first entry for a known caller, (2) a second entry for an undisclosed caller, and (3) a third entry for all telephone numbers or names not listed in the data set;

    performing an action by the cellular phone based on the entry in the data set that corresponds to the identification information, the action being;

    (1) allowing a ring tone when the corresponding entry is the first entry, (2) sending to a voicemail without having a ring tone when the corresponding entry is the second entry, or (3) blocking the incoming telephone signal when the corresponding entry is the third entry; and

    displaying an indication on a display of the cellular phone if the corresponding entry is the third entry, the indication including information associated with the incoming telephone signal and a message that the incoming telephone signal has been blocked.

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