APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SPAMS IN VOIP SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to an Internet VoIP system including a plurality of terminals, a communication network and a server. The server includes a connection control module for, in the case in which there is a request for call -connect ion from a send ing-terminal, transferring a call- connection-request-signal to a receiving-terminal when a sending-terminal number does not exist in a server blacklist DB, and rejecting the call- connection when the sending-terminal number exists in the server blacklist DB; a membership-information management module for storing/managing membership-information including the numbers and IPs of the terminals; a server-side management module for storing/managing sending-terminal numbers for which spam is reported by any receiving-terminal, sending-terminal numbers and spam report time points in the server blacklist DB; and the server blacklist DB for storing the sending-terminal numbers for which spam has been reported by any receiving-terminal. Each terminal includes a terminal-side management module for receiving a spam report signal and transferring the spam report signal to the server-side management module.