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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shilpa Shetty, Sydney, AU;
Jignesh K. Karia, Thane, IN;
Mukundan Sundararajan, Bangalore, IN;
Deepa Dubey, Mumbai, IN;
Pankaj Satyanarayan Dayama, Bangalore, IN;
Vishal Awal, Mumbai, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for deactivating telephone numbers are presented. The method includes, in response to a request to deactivate a telephone number, communicating a query to a blockchain for the telephone number, wherein a block on the blockchain identifies an organization that had sent a previous message to the telephone number. The method also includes determining, based on a response to the query, the organization and generating and activating a filter configured to stop a future message sent by the organization to the telephone number.