Systems and methods to selectively provide telephonic connections

US8681952B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ingenio, LLC · US

Inventors

• Anuj Agarwal · Lexington, US
• Ebbe Altberg · Mill Valley, US
• Scott Faber · San Francisco, US
• Ron Hirson · San Francisco, US
• Sean Van Der Linden · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to selectively provide communication connections based on an automated procedure to test whether a caller is a human or a machine. One embodiment includes: receiving at a connection server a telephone call from a caller; presenting a message to the caller in response to the telephone call; receiving from the caller a response to the message; and comparing the received response with a predetermined response to determine whether the caller is a human or a machine.