Management of calls on mobile computing devices based on call participants
A call community contact firewall may include a caller ID capture function retrieving caller ID data for a call to a recipient who is a member of the call community, and a caller ID lookup function configured to retrieve a firewall status based on the retrieved caller ID data, where a firewall status database links caller ID data with call community ratings of prior calls. The call community contact firewall may also include a firewall action function implementing at least one call impacting action based on the retrieved firewalls status. In another aspect, a method may include accessing a secure sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure of a first contact participant in a digital exchange with a second contact participant, updating the instance with real-time content, and validating the first contact participant by comparing the real-time content with another portion of the secure SCM data structure.
1. A call community contact firewall system, comprising:
a caller ID capture function retrieving caller ID data provided by a call network for a call being placed over the call network to a recipient who is a member of the call community;
a caller ID lookup function configured to retrieve a firewall status from a firewall status database based on the retrieved caller ID data, wherein the firewall status database is configured to link caller ID data with call community ratings of prior calls associated with the caller ID data that were received by members of the call community; and
a firewall action function that is configured to implement at least one call impacting action based on the retrieved firewalls status,
wherein the firewall action function further facilitates generating a multi-media profile based on the caller ID data and delivering that to the recipient, and
wherein the multi-media profile comprises a sender controlled media (SCM) data structure and delivering to the recipients comprises communicating about the profile with an SCM interface function of a call-receiving device of the recipient.
2. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises terminating the call.
3. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises connecting the call to the recipient.
4. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to voicemail.
5. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to an automated response system.
6. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises providing call-action recommendations to the recipient and based on the recipient's response thereto taking at least one other call impacting action.
7. The firewall system of claim 1 , wherein the call impacting action comprises delivering an audio message to an originator of the call in lieu of placing the call to the recipient.
8. A call community contact firewall system, comprising:
a caller ID capture function retrieving caller ID data provided by a call network for a call being placed over the call network to a recipient who is a member of the call community;
a caller ID lookup function configured to retrieve a firewall status from a firewall status database based on the retrieved caller ID data, wherein the firewall status database is configured to link caller ID data with call community ratings of prior calls associated with the caller ID data that were received by members of the call community; and
a firewall action function that is configured to implement at least one call impacting action based on the retrieved firewalls status,
wherein the firewall action function further facilitates generating a multi-media profile based on the caller ID data and delivering that to the recipient, and
wherein the multi-media profile is delivered via a multimedia messaging service (MMS).
9. The firewall system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises terminating the call.
10. The firewall system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises connecting the call to the recipient.
11. The firewall system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to voicemail.
12. The firewall system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to an automated response system.
13. The firewall system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises providing call-action recommendations to the recipient and based on the recipient's response thereto taking at least one other call impacting action.
14. A call community contact firewall system, comprising:
a caller ID capture function retrieving caller ID data provided by a call network for a call being placed over the call network to a recipient who is a member of the call community;
a caller ID lookup function configured to retrieve a firewall status from a firewall status database based on the retrieved caller ID data, wherein the firewall status database is configured to link caller ID data with call community ratings of prior calls associated with the caller ID data that were received by members of the call community; and
a firewall action function that is configured to implement at least one call impacting action based on the retrieved firewalls status,
wherein the firewall action function further facilitates generating a multi-media profile based on the caller ID data and delivering that to a phone number indicated in the caller ID of the call as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message.
15. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the multi-media profile comprises a sender controlled media (SCM) data structure and delivering to the recipients comprises communicating about the profile with an SCM interface function of a call-receiving device of the recipient.
16. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises terminating the call.
17. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises connecting the call to the recipient.
18. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to voicemail.
19. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises redirecting the call to an automated response system.
20. The firewall system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one call impacting action comprises providing call-action recommendations to the recipient and based on the recipient's response thereto taking at least one other call impacting action.