Preventing spam communications
US12423403B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2023 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/6072
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for preventing spam communications. Implementations can implement an access control list that a communicator (e.g., a user device sending a text message, making a phone call, etc.) must be on in order to complete the communication with a recipient. If they are not on the access control list, the communicator can be prevented from sending the communication to the recipient, redirected to a registration process, or the communication can be tagged with an unverified status flag. In some implementations, the access control list can include a recipient's contacts, contacts of the recipient's contacts, authenticated entities (e.g., users and/or companies), previously verified entities, etc. In some implementations, a recipient can give out a temporary extension that a communicator can enter to complete communications with the recipient for a certain amount of time or for a certain number of uses.
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