US 11,917,098 B2
Communication system for mitigating incoming spoofed callers using social media
Radovan Prodanovic, Kanata (CA); and Logendra Naidoo, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Mitel Networks Corporation, Ontario (CA)
Filed by Mitel Networks (International) Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,296.
Application 17/721,296 is a continuation of application No. 17/033,582, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,323,561.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247859 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 3/42042 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04M 3/436 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic communication system adapted to create and utilize a directory of trusted members in order to mitigate spoofed callers, the electronic communication system comprising:
a first client device communicatively linked to a communications network;
a social media application configured to interact via the communications network with one or more social media platforms to generate a directory from the one or more social media platforms for an operator of the first client device, wherein the directory includes (a) trusted members, and (b) tertiary contacts, wherein each of the trusted members is already a member of a social media group to which the operator of the first client device belongs and the tertiary contacts are (c) contacts of at least one of the trusted members in at least one of the one or more social media platforms, and (d) followers of the operator of the first client device in at least one of the trusted members in at least one of the one or more social media platforms;
saving the directory of trusted members and tertiary contacts in a first database of the communications network;
wherein the communications network is configured to query the first database upon receiving a communication to the first client device and determine if the communication is from a trusted member or tertiary contact; and
a dialer service module that is configured to receive from trusted members or tertiary contacts, and store in the first database, a caller ID, name, or other identifiable factor that is different from the trusted member's or the tertiary contact's social media platform information.