Call prevention device and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6839414
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10044391

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A call prevention device. The device includes a caller ID detection unit for detecting caller ID data transmitted over a telecommunication network before a connection is established when a call is made by a calling party. The device also includes a processing unit in communication with the caller ID detection unit for retrieving a caller profile from a caller profile database in response to the caller ID data and for comparing the caller profile with the caller ID data, the processing unit further for incrementing a call total value when the caller profile and the caller ID data match favorably, and the processing unit further for generating a message when the call total value exceeds a user defined value.

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BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION824 MARKET STREET SUITE 901 WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Enzmann, Mark J Roswell, GA 112 6694
Moton, Robert T Alpharetta, GA 18 179
Zellner, Samuel N Dunwoody, GA 204 9941

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