US 12,407,775 B2
Method of reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator, and user equipment, network entities and telecommunications networks for performing the method
Jakub Nowicki, London (GB); and Oscar Gallego, London (GB)
Assigned to Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury (GB)
Appl. No. 18/249,046
Filed by Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/078656
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/084192, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2016562 (GB), filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370545 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 3/42042 (2013.01) [H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04M 2203/558 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reporting an unsolicited call to a network operator of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
receiving a message at a user equipment of the telecommunications network, the message comprising:
a unique identifier corresponding to a call that has been initiated to the UE, and
one or more predefined responses;
receiving, at the UE, a selected response that is selected from among the one or more predefined responses and that indicates the call is an unsolicited call, wherein the selected response includes an indication to temporarily stop receiving calls from a caller who made the call, the indication indicating that the calls from the caller are to temporarily be stopped for a specified time period that is specified in the selected response, and wherein, after the specified time period elapses, the UE is permitted to again receive calls from the caller; and
sending a report to the network operator, the report comprising the unique identifier and the selected response.