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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, NC (US);
Benjamin Ferid Issa, Apex, NC (US);
Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, NC (US);
Benjamin Ferid Issa, Apex, NC (US);
CRANBROOK TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Peterborough, NH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method directed to automated call screening, and specifically the utilization of location history of a call recipient to determine call authorization, are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture is encoded with instructions for directing a processor to receive a request from a first device to communicate with a second device. The processor is further directed to determine at least one location associated with the first device, determine an authorization for the request based at least in part upon the at least one location associated with the first device and at least one prior location of the second device, and transmit the request to the second device in accordance with the authorization.