Patent ID: 8774785

Claim:
A system, comprising: at least one computing device comprising hardware; non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one computing device that stores instructions that when executed by the at least one computing device cause, at least in part, the system to perform operations comprising: providing a software program to a mobile computing device associated with a user; receiving a plurality of calls directed to the mobile computing device associate with the user; enabling a user interface of the software program hosted on a the mobile computing device associated with the user to display on the mobile computing device a list of call records corresponding to the plurality of calls; receiving, via the user interface of the software program, a selection by the user of a blocking instruction in association with the a call record from the list of call records; and, at least partly in response to the receipt of the blocking instruction, recording in memory an indication that future communications, of at least a first type and a second type, be blocked to the mobile computing device associated with the user from a caller corresponding to the user-selected call record from the list of call records.