US 11,991,318 B1
Enhanced caller information used for nuisance caller management
Daniel Francis Kliebhan, Henderson, NV (US); Scott D. Hambuchen, Little Rock, AR (US); Mark Himelfarb, Little Rock, AR (US); and Joshua Harrison Lange, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to FIRST ORION CORP., North Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed by FIRST ORION CORP., North Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/221,864.
Application 17/221,864 is a division of application No. 15/716,158, filed on Sep. 26, 2017, granted, now 11,272,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,853, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/10 (2022.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04M 3/54 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 7/0075 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/42102 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04M 3/533 (2013.01); H04M 3/543 (2013.01); H04M 7/0063 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a call, the call comprising a called device identifier corresponding to a called device and a calling device identifier corresponding to a calling device;
submitting an enhanced information query comprising the calling device identifier and the called device identifier;
determining whether the called device will accept the call based on a result of the enhanced information query;
determining a call routing preference based on the calling device identifier and the called device identifier to route the call to a different destination than the called device when the call exceeds a spam score threshold;
routing the call based on the preference; and
providing the called device with information about the purpose or context of the call.