Call Blocking Server with Anonymity and Payment Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems lack efficient methods for managing real-time connections and providing anonymity, payment processing, and scheduling for callers and callees, leading to complexities in initiating and managing telephone conversations and other forms of real-time communication.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows callees to sign up for a call button or phone number, manage their distribution, and set prices and schedules, while providing anonymity and payment processing, using a connection server on a packet-switched network to facilitate real-time communication connections through a user-friendly interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional telephone systems are used for real-time communication, then direct connection between callers and callees is established, but caller identification and spam filtering become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between callers and callees. The server receives calls from callers, identifies them through caller ID, and then connects them to callees. This intermediary system enables reliable caller identification and spam filtering without requiring complex changes to traditional telephone infrastructure, as the server handles all identification and filtering operations centrally.
2Reliability
If caller ID and spam filtering are implemented, then communication security is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a mediator that centralizes all security functions. Instead of distributing complexity across multiple devices, the server consolidates caller ID verification, spam filtering, and connection management in one location. This approach improves communication security while minimizing system complexity by using a single coordinated system rather than multiple distributed components.
3Reliability
If a server-mediated connection system is implemented, then caller anonymity and spam prevention are improved, but call connection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing caller identification and spam filtering capabilities before actual calls are made. The server maintains databases of caller information and spam patterns in advance, so when a call is initiated, the identification and filtering processes can proceed quickly using pre-computed data rather than requiring real-time analysis during the call setup.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traditional call forwarding is used, then call routing flexibility is improved, but caller anonymity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that masks the caller's actual identity from the callee. The server receives the call from the caller, processes it through security and routing protocols, and then establishes the connection to the callee using the server's own identification. This allows flexible call routing through the server while preserving caller anonymity, as the callee only sees the server's identification, not the original caller's.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatuses to block calls from reaching destinations. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a call for a connection to an entity via a reference; based on the reference used for the call, determining a reference of the entity; determining whether the call is to be blocked; and responsive to a determination that the call is not to be blocked, establishing the connection to the entity using the reference of the entity.