Patent ID: 8472599

Claim:
A telephone caller identification and blocking apparatus comprising: a central unit having a first end and a second end; an input slot attached to the first end of the central unit, the input slot capable of receiving a telephone jack; an output slot attached to the second end of the central unit, the output slot capable of receiving a telephone jack; an incoming telephone line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the incoming telephone line being connected to a wall input, the second end of the incoming telephone line being connected to the input slot; an outgoing telephone line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the outgoing telephone line being connected to the output slot, the second end of the outgoing telephone line being connected to a telephone; means for identifying incoming callers that call the telephone to which the central unit and the telephone are attached; and means for automatically disconnecting unidentified incoming phone calls through the means for identifying incoming callers that call the telephone to which the central unit and the telephone are attached, the means for disconnecting mounted within the central unit; wherein the unidentified phone call is disconnected without any sound or other audible off-hook warning to the incoming caller.