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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2021
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jeffery Crume, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jose F. Bravo, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/229 (2013.01); H04M 3/38 (2013.01); H04M 3/42136 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are techniques including a computer-implemented method of maintaining a list of newly assigned phone numbers. The method further comprises intermittently removing phone numbers from the list of newly assigned phone numbers. The method further comprises determining that a newly assigned phone number initiates a number of calls per unit time that exceeds a threshold number of calls per unit time. The method further comprises automatically flagging the newly assigned phone number as a possible robocaller.