US 12,081,697 B2
Call screening service for detecting fraudulent inbound/outbound communications with subscriber devices
Robert Francis Piscopo, Jr., Kirkland, WA (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 May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,226.
Application 18/311,226 is a continuation of application No. 17/505,570, filed on Oct. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,665,279.
Application 17/505,570 is a continuation of application No. 16/730,992, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,153,434, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269328 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 61/4523 (2022.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/436 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4523 (2022.05); H04M 3/2281 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 2203/6027 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining whether to transmit to a mobile device that an inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on an inbound call origination source location;
wherein when the mobile device is identified as not actively roaming, creating a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls to the mobile device at a protected carrier network.