TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON USER ASSOCIATION WITH ONE OR MORE ONLINE GROUPS
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Abstract
A method is described for call treatment based on user association with one or more user groups. The method includes receiving a phone call from a call source that is directed to a call recipient, identifying a user group associated with the call recipient, and determining a number of received indications assigned to the user group. The received indications are assigned to the user group by users associated with the user group, and the received indications reflect a desire by the users for a special treatment of future calls from the call source. The method also includes distinguishing treatment of the phone call from the call source based on the number of received indications.
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76 Claims
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52. A method comprising:
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receiving at least one indication from a first electronic communication recipient reflecting a characterization of at least one electronic communication; identifying, by at least one processor, one or more online groups associated with the first recipient based on at least the first recipient'"'"'s interaction with the one or more online groups; associating the indication with at least one group from among the one or more online groups; determining, by the at least one processor, a number of received indications related to an electronic communication source associated with the at least one group; and filtering, by the at least one processor, a plurality of electronic communications from a source based on at least the number of received indications related to the source. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions for processing electronic communications, the instructions being executable by at least one processor to cause the processor to perform steps comprising:
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receiving at least one indication from a first electronic communication recipient reflecting a characterization of at least one electronic communication; identifying, by at least one processor, one or more online groups associated with the first recipient based on at least the first recipient'"'"'s interaction with the one or more online groups; associating the indication, by the at least one processor, with at least one group from among the one or more online groups; determining, by the at least one processor, a number of received indications related to an electronic communication source associated with the at least one group; and filtering, by the at least one processor, a plurality of electronic communications from a source based on at least the number of received indications related to the source. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76)
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