US 12,273,482 B2
Call screening service for detecting fraudulent inbound/outbound communications with subscriber devices
Robert Francis Piscopo, Jr., Saint Petersburg, FL (US); and Jefferson D. Stalnaker, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to FIRST ORION CORP., North Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed by FIRST ORION CORP., North Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,511.
Application 18/412,511 is a continuation of application No. 18/176,456, filed on Feb. 28, 2023, granted, now 11,936,806.
Application 18/176,456 is a continuation of application No. 17/177,077, filed on Feb. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,595,512, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Application 17/177,077 is a continuation of application No. 16/731,002, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,924,609, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155051 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/38 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/2281 (2013.01) [H04M 3/38 (2013.01); H04M 3/42102 (2013.01); H04M 2203/551 (2013.01); H04M 2203/6027 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01); H04M 2250/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining whether a confirmation response was sent to a destination number in response to a previous call received at a mobile device, subscribed to a protected network, from the destination number;
determining the destination number is a scam call suspect number, based on one or more instances being less than a threshold number of instances and there being no confirmation response sent; and
forwarding a scam call notification to the mobile device during an outbound call prior to connecting, based on the determination that the destination number is a scam call suspect number.