Patent ID: 6993364

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a transceiver for receiving at least one call; a first memory for storing a plurality of call source identifiers identifying call sources of a plurality of received calls and further for storing an associated call count for each call source, each call count indicating a quantity of calls previously received from the respective call source; a second memory for storing a plurality of call quantity categories and a plurality of associated alerts, wherein each call quantity category has an associated alert and wherein the plurality of associated alerts are different from another: a processor coupled to the transceiver, the first memory, and the second memory, wherein the processor is programmed to: process a received call including identifying a call source of the received call, retrieve a call count for the call source from the first memory, categorize the call count into a call quantity category of the plurality of call quantity categories, and generate a command signal identifying an alert of the plurality of associated alerts, the alert being associated with the call quantity category; and an alert circuit, coupled to the processor, for alerting using the alert identified by the processor.