System and method for intelligent call blocking with block mode

• US 9,544,431 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai HanXiang (CooTek) Information Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Chule (CooTek) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ye, Wenyu, Zhang, Kan, Zhang, Meng, Ren, Teng
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US14/597,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20150140977A1
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/553 Data upload
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

System and method for intelligent call blocking with block mode are provided. Said system comprises at least one of a local number database and a cloud number database, as well as a monitoring module used for monitoring the phone number of mobile terminal and preprocessing, an analyzing module used for analyzing obtained phone number by means of at least one of the local number database and the cloud number database and synthesizing marking information that is obtained by such analyzing, a displaying module used for displaying said marking information in a set area of said mobile terminal, a phone number marking module used for receiving marking information that is inputted by the user and is correlated with said phone number and delivering said marking information to the cloud number database; wherein, said local number database stores a part of or all of the phone numbers and corresponding marking information which have been verified and are stored in said cloud number database.

Claims

1. A system for intelligent call blocking with block mode on a mobile terminal, comprising:

a monitoring module, an analyzing module, an interception module, a displaying module, a phone number marking module, a verification module, and at least one number database selected from a group consisting of a local number database located in the mobile terminal and a cloud number database located in network,

wherein said number database stores a plurality of stored phone numbers, each stored phone number having a marking information associated therewith,

wherein said monitoring module receives an incoming phone number, said incoming phone number being inputted into the mobile terminal by a user or being extracted from an incoming phone call, preprocesses the incoming phone number and delivers the incoming phone number to the analyzing module,

wherein said analyzing module compares the incoming phone number with the plurality of stored phone numbers stored in at least one of the local number database and the cloud number database, when the incoming phone number matches a stored phone number, assigning to the incoming phone number the marking information associated with the stored phone number, said marking information comprises a phone number security level,

wherein the interception module performs an interception operation on the incoming phone number according to the phone number security level extracted from the marking information assigned to the incoming phone number,

wherein said displaying module displays the marking information generated by the analyzing module in a pre-determined area of said mobile terminal,

wherein said phone number marking module records a new marking information inputted by the user, and uploads said new marking information to the cloud number database so that the new marking information becomes a stored marking information,

wherein said verification module comprising a calculator and a comparator and verifies the marking information as accurate or not, wherein the calculator calculates a credit degree of the marking information or records a number of times the same marking information is marked by the user, and

wherein the comparator compares the credit degree with a first pre-determined threshold value or compares a number of times the same corresponding marking information is marked with a second pre-determined threshold value.

2. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 1, wherein said marking information further comprises a phone number security level prompt message, a phone number type, and a number of terminal users that have marked the phone number.

3. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 2, wherein said phone number marking module records the phone number security level, detects and records a user'"'"'s interception operation on the phone number and uploading said interception operation and said phone number security level to the number database, so that said interception operation is matched with said phone number security level.

4. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 3, wherein said marking module records data of the interception operation performed on said incoming phone number by said interception module, and uploads the interception operation to said number database,

wherein said number database stores said uploaded interception operation data, correlating said interception operation data with the phone number security level or a phone number type of the incoming phone number;

wherein said number database assigns a same interception operation data to phone numbers that have a same phone number security level or a same phone number type, and deliver the same interception operation data to said interception module, so that said interception module perform the same interception operation on all the phone numbers that have the same phone number security level or the same phone number type.

5. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal contact database located at the mobile terminal that stores phone numbers and corresponding marking information recorded by the user through the mobile terminal.

6. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 5, wherein said analyzing module firstly delivers the incoming phone number to said terminal contact database for an inquiring process, and when there is no matched result for the incoming phone number, further performs inquiring process on the incoming phone number according to said at least one number database.

13. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 3, further comprising a terminal contact database located in the mobile terminal for storing phone numbers and the marking information recorded by the user through the mobile terminal.

14. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 1, wherein said local number database stores a plurality of stored phone numbers, each stored phone number having a verified marking information associated therewith.

15. The system for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 1, wherein the phone number security level and the interception operations corresponding thereto is amendable by the user.

7. A method for intelligent call blocking with block mode, comprising:

receiving an incoming phone number inputted in the mobile terminal by a user or received by the mobile terminal;

comparing the incoming phone number with stored phone numbers stored in at least one number database selected from the group consisting of a local number database and a cloud number database, wherein each of the stored information are associated with a marking information;

when the incoming phone number matches a stored phone number, obtaining a marking information corresponding to said stored phone number;

verifying an accuracy of the marking information;

informing the user said marking information, wherein said marking information comprises a phone number security level of the incoming phone number; and

performing an interception operation on the incoming phone number according to the phone number security level or a phone number type thereof,

wherein, in the verifying step, when a number of times that the incoming phone number is marked with the same marking information exceeds a first predetermined threshold, verifying the marking information as accurate;

when a number of times that the incoming phone number is marking with the same marking information during a predetermined time period exceeds a second predetermined threshold, verifying the marking information as accurate; and

when a credit degree of the marking information exceeds a third predetermined threshold, verifying the marking information as accurate, wherein the credit degree is calculated based on weights of users making the marking information.

8. The method for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 7, wherein the marking information associated with the stored phone number further comprises a phone number type, and/or a number of terminal users that have marked the stored phone number.

9. The method for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 8, further comprising amending the phone number security level and the interception operation associated therewith by the user.

10. The method for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 9, further comprising:

recording data about the interception operation on said incoming phone number, uploading the interception operation data to said number database, and establishing correlation between said interception operation and the phone number security level or the phone number type of said incoming phone number so that the same interception operation is performed on other phone numbers that have same phone number security level or same phone number type as said incoming phone number.

11. The method for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 7, further comprising arranging a terminal contact database located in the mobile terminal for storing phone numbers and corresponding marking information recorded by the user through the mobile terminal.

12. The method for intelligent call blocking with block mode according to claim 11, further comprising comparing the incoming phone number with stored phone numbers stored in the terminal contact database.