METHOD TO MUTE AUTOMATICALLY PHONE CALLS ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE

摘要

A method to mute automatically unwanted phone calls or messages on mobile communications devices with iOS operating system consists of a mobile communications device with iOS operating system, an application software, silent ringtone and a blacklist contact with blacklisted phone numbers that can be frequently updated with community reported harassing phone numbers.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
creating a blacklist contact on a mobile communications device; assigning a silent ringtone to the blacklist contact; setting vibration to None for the blacklist contact; adding crowd reported harassing phone numbers into the blacklist contact; comparing at the mobile communications device, an incoming electronic communication identified by a phone number with records in the blacklist contact; determining, based on the comparison result, if the incoming electronic communication should be treated as unwanted or else the incoming electronic communication should be treated otherwise; if a match is found in the blacklist contact for the identifying phone number of the incoming electronic communication the incoming electronic communication is silenced and the mobile communications device will not produce sound or vibration, and if a match is not found in the blacklist contact for the identifying phone number of the incoming electronic communication the incoming electronic communication is accepted as allowed and the mobile communications device will produce sound or vibration.