Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Telephone user interface providing enhanced call blocking
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Application No.: US14922465Application Date: 2015-10-26
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Publication No.: US09654629B1Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Kim Brackett , Liaqat Ali , William Morris, IV
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Jay H. Anderson
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42 ; H04M3/436 ; H04M1/725 ; H04M1/663

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a device comprising a processor detects a communication session between a calling device and a called device, and receives a motion signal from the called device; the motion signal is generated at a motion sensor of the called device during or after the communication session. The device analyzes the motion signal to determine whether a portion of the motion signal corresponds to a preselected motion of the called device and whether a subsequent call from the calling device accordingly is to be blocked. Responsive to a determination that the subsequent call is to be blocked, the device also updates a list of blocked caller identifiers associated with the called device to add an identifier associated with the calling device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170118335A1 TELEPHONE USER INTERFACE PROVIDING ENHANCED CALL BLOCKING Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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