Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for detection and mitigation of robocalls
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Application No.: US15834960Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10666798B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Shaun Jaikarran Bharrat , Tie Ju Chen , Sridhar Kuppanna , Tolga Asveren
- Applicant: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Westford
- Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Westford
- Agency: Straub & Straub
- Agent Stephen T. Straub; Michael P. Straub
- Main IPC: H04M3/436
- IPC: H04M3/436 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M3/54 ; H04M3/22

Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for identifying and acting upon suspect robocalls. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of processing call records of a customer to identify calls which are possibly from a robocaller, based on at least one of i) a call characteristic or ii) a call pattern; storing calling party source identification information of the identified calls in a suspect robocall database; processing an incoming call, said processing including comparing calling party source identification information of an incoming call to the calling party source identification information in the suspect robocall database; and completing the incoming call in a standard manner if the incoming call is not in the suspect robocall database; and handling the call as a suspect robocall if the incoming calling party source identification information is in the suspect robocall database.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190174000A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF ROBOCALLS Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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