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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Ronald A. Katz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ronald A. Katz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Telebuyer, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A screening service for individual telephone lines to block unwanted calls based on call character signals and caller identification signals function in conjunction with a public switched telephone network. Calls identified by call character signals, as which identify a facsimile machine, and caller identification signals, as which identify an undesired call source, are recognized selectively in accordance with each program for individual telephone lines to provide blocking service including a termination cue. Using a dial-up connection, a subscriber can modify blocking information by a control program.