Patent ID: 8345853

Claim:
A method for processing an incoming call, comprising: a called terminal receiving a call from a calling party; the called terminal determining whether the call is a registration request; in response to a determination that the call is a registration request, the called terminal determining whether the calling number of the calling party has been registered to the called terminal; in response to a determination that the calling number of the calling party has been registered to the called terminal, the called terminal putting through the call; otherwise, the called terminal determining whether the registration request contains an accessing code for allowing registering the calling number to the called terminal; in response to a determination that the registration request contains the accessing code, the called terminal acquiring the calling number from the registration request and saving the calling number in a calling number registration list in the called terminal; in response to a determination that the registration request does not contain the accessing code, the called terminal refusing the registration and terminating the procedure; in response to a determination that the call is not a registration request, the called terminal determining whether the calling number of the call is contained in the calling number registration list in the called terminal, in response to a determination that the calling number of the call is contained in the calling number registration list in the called terminal, the called terminal putting through the call; otherwise, the called terminal terminating the call.