| 摘要 |
Techniques, systems, apparatuses and methods to better interdict or screen calls without disturbing the callee. The phone user can implement a warning for unwanted human, i.e., live person callers, and a challenge or barrier for unwanted automated or robocalling, particularly the usage of a required response to a question. The warning and particularly the challenge would weed out undesired solicitations. The present invention also makes allowance for desired human, robotic or automated calling in addition to the proscripted calls. |
| 主权项 |
1. A call screen apparatus for a telephone comprising:
a warning message, said warning message of a callee played upon receipt of an incoming telephone call of a caller, said warning message including a audible challenge question, said challenge question having a particular answer thereto, wherein said challenge question is comprehensible to and answerable by a human caller who answers said challenge question with said particular answer, but said challenge question is incomprehensible to non-human callers; wherein, if there is no answer to said challenge question from said caller, the incoming telephone call is terminated prior to ringing said callee; wherein, if an answer is received from said caller that does not match said particular answer, the incoming telephone call is terminated prior to ringing said callee; and wherein, if an answer is received from said caller that matches said particular answer, the incoming telephone call is connected and rings to said callee, whereby said call screen apparatus screens out non-human telemarketer calls that the callee is not interested in receiving. |
