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1. A method, performed by an automated system comprising at least one computer, of preventing a robocall from reaching a telephone subscriber, comprising:
testing a candidate audio message, performed by an automated test system that comprises a robocalling system and/or a Siri system, for what output or response results from the candidate audio message; comparing an output or a response by the automated test system that resulted in the testing step against a set of predetermined response patterns for the candidate message, and (a) processing any candidate audio message for which the automated test system outputs or performs a response pattern that is among a set of predetermined response patterns that the automated system has associated with the candidate message, as a Failed candidate audio message and not adding the Failed candidate audio message to a database of audio messages used against actual incoming telephone calls; (b) processing any candidate audio message for which the automated test system outputs or performs a response pattern outside a set of predetermined response patterns that the automated system has associated with the candidate message, as a Successful candidate audio message and adding the Successful candidate audio message to the database of audio messages used against actual incoming telephone calls in an audio-message-delivering step; before an incoming telephone call is permitted to ring through to a telephone subscriber, pre-answering the incoming call, performed by the automated system; delivering an audio message; disconnecting the incoming call unless the automated system receives a predetermined response pattern; processing the incoming call for ring-through to the telephone subscriber if and only if the predetermined response pattern has been received. |
