Network-based social telephony firewall

摘要

A method receives a call from a device of a caller destined to a device of a subscriber of a communication network. The method connects the call to the device of the subscriber and then receives from the device of the subscriber an indication that the call is an undesirable call. The indication further includes a description of the call. The method then provides a reward to the subscriber when the indication further includes the description of the call.

主权项

1. A method for filtering a call, comprising:
receiving, by a processor deployed in a communication network, the call from a device of a caller destined to a device of a subscriber of the communication network; retrieving, by the processor, a profile of the subscriber that specifies a threshold for filtering the call, wherein the threshold specifies a level of tagging, by other subscribers of the communication network, wherein the level of tagging is associated with a source identifier of the device of the caller being identified as a source of undesirable calls, wherein the threshold is determined by the subscriber, wherein a tag by a first of the other subscribers that is in a contact list of the subscriber is given a greater weight in determining the level of tagging as compared to a tag by a second of the other subscribers that is not in the contact list of the subscriber; determining, by the processor, the source identifier of the device of the caller satisfies the threshold; and filtering, by the processor, the call according to the profile of the subscriber when the source identifier of the device of the caller is determined to satisfy the threshold.