Patent ID: 11962719
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A first electronic device, comprising:
circuitry is configured to:
receive an incoming first call from a second electronic device associated with a Caller identification (ID), wherein
the first electronic device includes Caller ID data including identification information of each electronic device of a set of electronic devices, and
the set of electronic devices excludes the second electronic device;

transmit a verification text message, within a first predefined time from the reception of the incoming first call, to the second electronic device based on the Caller ID of the received incoming first call;
receive, from the second electronic device, a response to the transmitted verification text message;
compare the received response with a pre-defined response associated with the transmitted verification text message;
determine whether a time of reception of the response is beyond a second predefined time after the transmission of the verification text message; and
control at least one of a storage or a delivery of a voicemail associated with the incoming first call, based on the comparison and the determination that the time of reception of the response is beyond the second predefined time.