Patent ID: 7190768

Claim:
A method for classifying outbound telephone calls, comprising: placing a first telephone call to a first telephone number; detecting a first autovoice instance received in response to said first telephone call; extracting at least first voice pattern data from said detected first autovoice instance; comparing said at least first extracted voice pattern data to at least first known voice pattern data stored in a first database comprising a database of known voice data, wherein said at least first known voice pattern data comprises at least second extracted voice pattern data, and wherein said second extracted voice pattern data is extracted from a second autovoice instance received in response to a second telephone call placed to a second telephone number, wherein said first telephone number is different than said second telephone number; in response to a match between said at least first extracted voice pattern data and said at least first known voice pattern data, performing a first predetermined action; and in response to a failure to match said at least first extracted voice pattern data to said at least first known voice pattern data, storing said first extracted voice pattern data in a second database comprising a candidate database.