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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Howard L. Lang, Wayside, NJ (US);
Joseph Soryal, Glendale, NY (US);
Karen Stansbury, St Simons Island, GA (US);
Ea Jan Shee, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of: determining whether a calling number of a call is unallocated; determining whether the calling number is unassigned to a subscriber; validating the calling number as an authentic telephone number; categorizing the calling number as fraud or spam responsive to the calling number being unallocated, allocated and unassigned, or allocated, assigned and invalid; and categorizing the calling number as neutral responsive to the calling number being allocated, assigned and validated. Other embodiments are disclosed.