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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Anuj Agarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);
Anuj Agarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ebbe Altberg, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Scott Faber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ron Hirson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Van Der Linden, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ingenio LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to selectively provide communication connections based on an automated procedure to test whether a caller is a human or a machine. One embodiment includes: receiving at a connection server a telephone call from a caller; presenting a message to the caller in response to the telephone call; receiving from the caller a response to the message; and comparing the received response with a predetermined response to determine whether the caller is a human or a machine.