Patent ID: 9386149
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A call screener for a telephone comprising: a memory; a warning message, stored in said memory, said warning message of a callee played upon receipt of an incoming telephone call of a caller, said warning message including a challenge question, said challenge question having a particular answer thereto; wherein, if there is no answer to said challenge question from said caller, the incoming telephone call is terminated prior to ringing said callee; wherein, if an answer is received from said caller that does not match said particular answer, the incoming telephone call is terminated prior to ringing said callee; wherein, if an answer is received from said caller that matches said particular answer, the incoming telephone call is connected and rings to said callee, and wherein human callers are capable of answering said challenge question with said particular answer, whereby said call screener connects said incoming telephone call to said callee; and wherein non-human callers are unable to understand said challenge question and provide said particular answer thereto, whereby said call screener does not connect said incoming telephone call to said callee, whereby said call screener screens out non-human telemarketer calls that the callee is not interested in receiving.