Patent ID: 8761745
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more devices, a request from a device of an originating party to establish communications with a device of a destination party, determining, by the one or more devices, whether the request is permissible based on applying at least one criterion to at least one aspect associated with the request, determining, by the one or more devices, that the request is not permissible based on performing the screening process on the request; accessing, by the one or more devices and based on determining that the request is not permissible, a user profile, associated with the device of the destination party, to determine whether the device of the destination party is associated with a forwarding-on-screening feature; determining, by the one or more devices, that the forwarding-on-screening feature is associated with the device of the destination party; obtaining, by the one or more devices and from the user profile, forwarding contact information, associated with the device of the destination party, based on determining that the forwarding-on-screening feature is associated with the device of the destination party, transmitting, by the one or more devices, a response to the request,