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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ileana Ana Leuca, Bellevue, WA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to report spam on demand. The spam is reported to a spam reporting service center in a communications network. As content is received by the device, the user of the device analyzes the content to determine if the content comprises spam. If the user determines that the content comprises spam, the user triggers the device to report the spam. The content can be of any type of content or combinations of content type, such as SMS, SMS, VM, email, VVM, VVM, and advertisements. The device comprises multiple clients configured to processes, respectively, each content type. In response to receiving the trigger, the appropriate client encapsulates the content. The encapsulated content is sent to a Report Spam client to generate a spam report. The spam report includes the encapsulated content and a disposition instruction.