Abstract: A system and method for screening telephone calls to a subscriber telephone number comprises a screening list of telephone numbers assigned to suspect callers and rules defining when a telephone number will be added to or removed from the screening list or ‘greylist,’ and/or modifying a screening value to be assigned to a telephone number in the greylist. Data relating to calls is received from subscribers and processed, and the telephone number is screened in accordance with the rules, based on the screening value assigned to the telephone number and optionally a selected subscriber tolerance level. Subscribers may add any telephone number to a personal list of telephone numbers to be blocked (blacklist) or telephone numbers to be accepted (whitelist).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2008
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2013
Assignee:
Primus Telecommunications Canada, Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew Jason Stein, Robert Gordon Thompson, Edmund Chislett
Abstract: A system and method for screening incoming communications to a subscriber telephone number comprises a screening list of telephone numbers assigned to suspect incoming communication originators and rules defining when a telephone number will be added to or removed from the screening list or ‘greylist,’ and/or modifying a screening value to be assigned to a telephone number in the greylist. Data relating to an incoming communication is received from subscribers and processed, and the telephone number is screened in accordance with the rules, based on the screening value assigned to the telephone number and optionally a selected subscriber tolerance level. Subscribers may add any telephone number to a personal list of telephone numbers to be blocked (blacklist) or telephone numbers to be accepted (whitelist).
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 1, 2012
Publication date:
May 24, 2012
Applicant:
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.
Inventors:
Edmund Chislett, Matthew Jason Stein, Robert Gordon Thompson
Abstract: A system and method for screening telephone calls to a subscriber telephone number comprises a screening list of telephone numbers assigned to suspect callers and rules defining when a telephone number will be added to or removed from the screening list or ‘greylist,’ and/or modifying a screening value to be assigned to a telephone number in the greylist. Data relating to calls is received from subscribers and processed, and the telephone number is screened in accordance with the rules, based on the screening value assigned to the telephone number and optionally a selected subscriber tolerance level. Subscribers may add any telephone number to a personal list of telephone numbers to be blocked (blacklist) or telephone numbers to be accepted (whitelist).
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 13, 2008
Publication date:
July 14, 2011
Applicant:
Primus Telecommunications Canada, Inc.
Inventors:
Edmund Chislett, Matthew Jason Stein, Robert Gordon Thompson