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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brendon Woirhaye, Whittier, CA (US);

Radoslav Stanev, Tehachapi, CA (US);

Anuj Sahai, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/663 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04M 1/663 (2013.01); H04M 3/2281 (2013.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 15/755 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying unsolicited communications on a computing device may include a computing device receiving a communication from an unrecognized phone number; obtaining the unrecognized phone number from the communication; obtaining classification data associated with the unrecognized phone number based on categories of other computing devices contacted by the unrecognized phone number; obtaining a category associated with a phone number of the computing device; determining that the communication is an unsolicited communication based on the classification data and the category associated with the phone number of the computing device; and in response to determining that the communication is unsolicited, performing a security action to manage interactions with the communication from the unrecognized phone number. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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