Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing spoofed calls to mobile devices
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Application No.: US16880783Application Date: 2020-05-21
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Publication No.: US11330101B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Elsie de la Garza Villarreal , Madison E. Wale , Bhumika Chhabra , Claudia A. Delaney
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42 ; H04M3/436 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M7/00 ; H04L65/10 ; H04L65/1076

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for managing spoofed calls to a mobile device are described, in which the mobile device receives a call transmitted over a cellular or mobile network. The call may include a set of information associated with the network, such as a geological location of a device that generated the call, a hardware device identifier corresponding to the device, an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the device, or a combination thereof. The mobile device may determine whether the call is spoofed or genuine based on the set of information. Subsequently, the mobile device may assist a user of the mobile device to manage the call, such as blocking the call from reaching the user, informing the user that the call is spoofed, facilitating the user to report the call as spoofed to an authority and/or a service provider of the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210368043A1 MANAGING SPOOFED CALLS TO MOBILE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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