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

Claim 12:
13. A method, comprising:
in a first electronic device:
receiving 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;

transmitting 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;
receiving, from the second electronic device, a response to the transmitted verification text message;
comparing the received response with a pre-defined response associated with the transmitted verification text message;
determining whether a time of reception of the response is beyond a second predefined time after the transmission of the verification text message; and
controlling 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.