Patent ID: 9730053
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for outbound call control, the method comprising: receiving, by a mobile device, input from a user identifying an outbound phone number to establish an outbound voice call; determining, by the mobile device, whether the outbound phone number is one of a plurality of target telephone numbers; responsive to determining that the outbound phone number is one of the plurality of target telephone numbers, identifying, by the mobile device, one or more outbound call control rules associated with the outbound phone number; and responsive to identifying the one or more outbound call control rules associated with the outbound phone number, (a) identifying, by the mobile device, one or more actions to be carried out by the mobile device in accordance with the one or more outbound call control rules in lieu of establishing an outbound voice call to the outbound phone number, (b) executing, by the mobile device, the one or more actions in accordance with the one or more outbound call control rules, and (c) not instructing and not providing the outbound phone number to (i) a server to establish the outbound voice call with the mobile device or (ii) a wireless network to establish the outbound voice call with the mobile device.