Patent ID: 9560198
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a computer for filtering a telephone call comprising: receiving from a caller the telephone call directed to a communication device associated with an intended call recipient, the Internet being disposed between the computer and the communication device, the intended call recipient being in a structure; determining a state of the intended call recipient using telemetry received from at least one of a sensor and an appliance disposed in the structure; scoring the telephone call based on predetermined scoring criteria to create a score indicative of a desirability of the telephone call, the predetermined scoring criteria being provided by the intended call recipient, the predetermined scoring criteria including the state of the intended call recipient; comparing the score to a predetermined threshold score; classifying the telephone call as an unwanted telephone call using the comparison; and selectively rejecting the unwanted telephone call.