Patent ID: 9154621
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for filtering a call, comprising: receiving, by a processor deployed in a communication network, the call from a device of a caller destined to a device of a subscriber of the communication network; retrieving, by the processor, a profile of the subscriber that specifies a threshold for filtering the call, wherein the threshold specifies a level of tagging, by other subscribers of the communication network, wherein the level of tagging is associated with a source identifier of the device of the caller being identified as a source of undesirable calls, wherein the threshold is determined by the subscriber, wherein a tag by a first of the other subscribers that is in a contact list of the subscriber is given a greater weight in determining the level of tagging as compared to a tag by a second of the other subscribers that is not in the contact list of the subscriber; determining, by the processor, the source identifier of the device of the caller satisfies the threshold; and filtering, by the processor, the call according to the profile of the subscriber when the source identifier of the device of the caller is determined to satisfy the threshold.