Method for blocking crank calls by using cloud computing and a system thereof

US8971859B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971859-B2
Application numberUS-201213482799-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 29, 2012
Priority dateJun 1, 2011
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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The present disclosure provides a method for blocking crank calls by using cloud computing and a system thereof. In the method, a client(s) uploads a blacklist to a server; the server makes statistic according to blacklist data uploaded by the client(s) and determines a particular phone number be a crank phone number, generates an anti-crank policy and updates the generated anti-crank policy to the client(s); when receiving a call or a message from the crank phone number, the client executes the anti-crank policy.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for blocking crank calls by using cloud computing, the method comprising: sending a blacklist to a server by a client; making statistics according to blacklist data uploaded by the client; determining that a particular phone number is a crank phone number; generating an anti-crank policy and updating the generated anti-crank policy to the client by the server; when receiving a call or a message from the crank phone number, the client giving…

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What does patent US8971859B2 cover?
The present disclosure provides a method for blocking crank calls by using cloud computing and a system thereof. In the method, a client(s) uploads a blacklist to a server; the server makes statistic according to blacklist data uploaded by the client(s) and determines a particular phone number be a crank phone number, generates an anti-crank policy and updates the generated anti-crank policy to…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Wang Wei, Lin Yu, Zou Shihong, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/101. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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