Patent ID: 8983047
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a real-time index rating of suspicion that an incoming call may be a prank call, comprising: requesting a current location of a wireless calling device to an incoming call, from a network positioning server; comparing said obtained current location of said wireless calling device to locations of known active emergency events; determining a first level of confidence that said incoming call relates to a known emergency event based on said comparison of said current location of said wireless calling device to locations of known active emergency events; accessing a call history database to determine a second level of confidence from a call history relating to said wireless calling device; accessing a call forensic database to determine a third level of confidence relating to a pattern of known prank calls; aggregating said first level of confidence, said second level of confidence, and said third level of confidence, into an index of suspicion; and providing said index of suspicion rating in real-time to a called device during said incoming call.