Patent ID: 7492884
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A call screening platform comprising: a connection to the public switched telephone network configured to receive a call placed by a calling party for a called party at a called communication station; a database storing a subscriber profile which defines call screening information for the called party, the subscriber profile including a screening list of telephone numbers which will be automatically screened by the call screening platform without a call being placed to the called party, information defining a recorded caller name screening feature and information defining a caller ID screening feature; a voice switch to play to the calling party one of a called party-provided greeting and a greeting announcement after retrieving the subscriber profile at the platform; a control computer and operating software operative in conjunction with the screening list of telephone numbers, the information defining the recorded caller name screening feature or the information defining the caller ID screening feature of the stored subscriber profile to control the call screening platform to perform the following operations: if the recorded name screening feature is active in accordance with the stored subscriber profile,