Patent ID: 8218752
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications apparatus, comprising: means for receiving an instruction from a callee to prevent a caller from establishing a connection with the callee; means for identifying a first telephone number associated with the caller by maintaining a record of the most recent telephone number that was a source of a call placed to a second telephone number immediately prior to receiving the callee's instruction to prevent the caller from establishing the connection with the callee; means for consulting the record to identify the most recent telephone number as the first telephone number; means for preventing one or more phone calls from the first telephone number from being forwarded to the second telephone number associated with the callee; and means for prompting the callee to perform administration tasks including prompting the callee to record a voice message to be played to the caller upon receiving a phone call from the first telephone number.