Call screening system and method

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2007-06-26

2007-06-26

Tran, Quoc (Department: 2614)

Telephonic communications

Reception of calling information at substation in wireline...

Extracting call id from transmitted signal

C379S142060, C379S207150, C379S211010, C379S070000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10294707

ABSTRACT:
A call screening system and method. The method can include receiving an inbound telephone call destined for a called party. Associated caller identification data can be identified from the inbound telephone call. The associated caller identification data can be compared to a filter list of caller identification data. Finally, based upon the comparison, call management rules can be applied to the inbound call to manage the inbound call by either deferring the inbound call to voice mail, or automatically answering the inbound call without requiring pro-active intervention by the called party. Significantly, each of the receiving, identifying, comparing and applying steps is performed in a telephone tranceiving device. Alternatively, the receiving, identifying, comparing and applying steps can be performed centrally in a call processing switch.

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