US 11,758,043 B2
Identifying caller details for promotional voice communication
Jignesh K Karia, Thane (IN); Mukundan Sundararajan, Bangalore (IN); Pankaj Satyanarayan Dayama, Bangalore (IN); Vishal Awal, Mumbai (IN); Shilpa Shetty, Bangalore (IN); and Neha Shah, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,406.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130152 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/42059 (2013.01) [H04M 3/4365 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing origin information for promotional calls comprising:
recording caller numbers, the caller numbers for parties making the promotional calls;
recording from company providing promotions being sold a caller designation for a type of promotional call to be offered by the parties with the caller numbers, and the caller numbers of the parties that the company has designated to make the promotions with the promotional calls, wherein the caller designation is linked to the caller numbers, wherein the caller number designation is a caller ID name (CNAM) and the caller designation for the type of promotional call has an identifier that is added to the caller ID name (CNAM), wherein the identifier that is added to the caller ID name also includes an identity of a party offering the promotion that is different from an identity for the caller number;
receiving subscriber numbers for receiving the promotional calls, wherein the subscriber numbers are stored in a database that also includes approved content for the promotional calls to be received by the subscriber;
matching caller numbers and approved content for the subscriber with a call scrubber including a disturbed ledger, the distributed ledger recording the caller designation attached to the caller numbers indicative of the type for the promotional call; and
receiving the promotional call by the subscriber, wherein the caller identification for the subscriber indicates both the caller numbers and the caller designation that is indicative of the type for the promotional call.