Method for processing data associated with a caller party, and equipment for implementing the method

1. A method for processing data associated with a caller party upon setup of an incoming communication, the method comprising, at a communication device:

obtaining, from received signaling data associated with the communication, caller party identification data;

transmitting a request for qualification of a nature of the caller party comprising the caller party identification data;

receiving, in response to the request, qualification information on the nature of the caller party comprising respective likelihood indicators for each of one or more categories to which the caller party corresponds in a first group comprising a malicious category, a commercial category, and an acceptable category;

reporting incoming communication acceptability information that comprises the likelihood indicators for each of the one or more categories through a user interface of the communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the caller party identification data is obtained from received signaling data associated with the setup of the communication.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting the likelihood indicators is performed through at least one of a graphical user interface or an audio user interface of the communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving the qualification information further comprises: receiving first, second, and third likelihood indicators for each of the malicious category, the commercial category, and the acceptable category.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving the qualification information further comprises: receiving likelihood indicators for each of one or more categories to which the caller party corresponds in a second group comprising a malicious category and a commercial category; the process further comprising: determining a likelihood indicator for the acceptable category based on the received likelihood indicators.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: determining a global acceptability indicator based on the received likelihood indicators, wherein the reported incoming communication acceptability information includes the global acceptability indicator.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the incoming communication acceptability information is reported through displaying a graphical user interface on a touchscreen of the communication device, wherein the GUI displayed on the touchscreen includes a soft key for accepting the incoming communication, and a soft key for rejecting the incoming communication.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the incoming communication acceptability information is reported through displaying a graphical user interface on a touchscreen of the communication device, wherein the GUI displayed on the touchscreen includes caller party identification data.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the qualification information includes a number of user reviews used for generating the received likelihood indicators, and wherein the reported incoming communication acceptability information includes the number of user reviews.

10. A communication device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable memory operatively coupled to the processor and comprising program code instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the communication device to perform a method for processing data associated with a caller party upon setup of an incoming communication, the method comprising the following acts performed by the communication device:

obtaining, from received signaling data associated with the communication, caller party identification data;

transmitting a request for qualification of a nature of the caller party comprising the caller party identification data;

receiving, in response to the request, qualification information on the nature of the caller party comprising respective likelihood indicators for each of one or more categories to which the caller party corresponds in a first group comprising a malicious category, a commercial category, and an acceptable category;

reporting incoming communication acceptability information that comprises the likelihood indicators for each of the one or more categories through a user interface of the communication device.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed, causes a system comprising a processor operatively coupled with a memory, to perform a method for processing data associated with a caller party upon setup of an incoming communication, the method comprising:

obtaining, from received signaling data associated with the communication, caller party identification data;

transmitting a request for qualification of a nature of the caller party comprising the caller party identification data;

receiving, in response to the request, qualification information on the nature of the caller party comprising respective likelihood indicators for each of one or more categories to which the caller party corresponds in a first group comprising a malicious category, a commercial category, and an acceptable category;

reporting incoming communication acceptability information that comprises the likelihood indicators for each of the one or more categories through a user interface of a communication device.

12. A server device comprising:

a processor;

a database operatively coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable memory operatively coupled to the processor and comprising program code instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the server device to perform the following acts:

receive a request for qualification of a nature of a caller party, the request comprising caller party identification data;

generate, based on the caller party identification data, using data stored in the database, qualification information on the nature of the caller party comprising respective likelihood indicators for each of one or more categories to which the caller party corresponds in a first group comprising a malicious category, a commercial category, and an acceptable category; and

transmit the qualification information to a communication device.