Patent ID: 11917101
Assignee: YOUMAIL, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. Non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program code that when executed by a programmable processor causes execution of a method for validating an incoming communication originating from a first party having a first telephone number and directed to a second party having a second telephone number, the computer-readable media comprising:
computer program code for retrieving communication intent data associated with the first telephone number from a publicly accessible registry, the registry comprising a first plurality of telephone numbers each associated at least with data representing a communication intent and a second plurality of telephone numbers each associated with call receiving parameters/criteria including conditions for handling incoming communications based on communication intent, the communication intent data associated with each telephone number in the first plurality of telephone numbers being stored in the registry before communication is initiated by each such telephone number;
computer program code for retrieving call receiving parameters/criteria associated with the second telephone number from the registry; and
computer program code for handling the incoming communication on a device used by the second party based on the communication intent data and the retrieved call receiving parameters/criteria.