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Patent No.:

US 9392109 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer Lynne Joy, Austin, TX (US);

Markus Weber, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Thomas Bradley Scholl, New Haven, CT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04M 3/42051 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 2201/12 (2013.01); H04M 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a call block system, an indication of a call to a communication device. The method includes, in response to the indication and based on a determination that a call block feature is disabled for the communication device, outputting a first tone from the call block system to the communication device. The method further includes, in response to the indication and based on a determination that the call block feature is enabled, outputting a second tone from the call block system to the communication device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Joy, Jennifer. (2016). Systems and methods to disable a call block (U.S. Patent No. 9392109). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9392109

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