US 11,706,336 B2
Managing spoofed calls to mobile devices
Elsie de la Garza Villarreal, Nampa, ID (US); Madison E. Wale, Boise, ID (US); Bhumika Chhabra, Boise, ID (US); and Claudia A. Delaney, Garden City, ID (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,500.
Application 17/733,500 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,783, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,330,101.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256032 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 65/1076 (2022.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 3/436 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1079 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 7/0078 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, a call transmitted over a cellular network, the call including a set of cellular information having an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the device;
determining whether the call is spoofed or genuine based, at least in part, on the set of cellular information, wherein determining whether the call is spoofed or genuine includes determining that the IP address includes a common segment with one or more IP addresses associated with the spoofed calls, wherein the common segment includes a percentage of digits of the IP address for determining that the IP address corresponds to the one or more IP addresses, and wherein the percentage is determined based on past history of the cellular network generating the spoofed calls;
providing, based on the determination, a user of the mobile device with one or more options to manage the call; and
performing the one or more options in response to receiving an input from the user.