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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen J. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ankur Bharatbhushan Nandwani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rohan Nagarakere Ramakrishna, Waterloo, CA;
Brian James Buck, Livermore, CA (US);
Kesava Abhinav Yerra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and techniques are provided for managing and categorizing undesired phone calls and text messages. In a specific implementation, an electronic communication identified by a phone number is intercepted at a mobile communications device before the electronic communication is received by an application program on the device. The phone number is sent to a server for the server to identify a category associated with the phone number. The category is received at the mobile communication device. Based on the received category, a determination is made as to whether the application program should be allowed to receive the electronic communication. If allowed, the electronic communication is forwarded to the application program; else, the electronic communication is not forwarded.