Method and system for filtering undesirable incoming telephone calls

1. A process for filtering, by use of a filtering system, unwanted incoming telephone calls from a calling party terminal device to a called party terminal device through a telephone network, the filtering system comprising a module connected between the called party terminal device and the telephone network, the method comprising:

determining, on said module or on a server of the filtering system that is connected to said module via the telephone network or a connection, a calling party number of a received call from the calling party terminal device and destined to the called party terminal device;

attributing, on said module or on said server, a confidence score to the calling party number;

based on a first confidence score attributed to the calling party number, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device,

based on a second confidence score attributed to the calling party number, rejecting, by using said module, the call,

based on a third confidence score attributed to the calling party number, asking, by using said module or said server, a calling party employing the calling party terminal device to speak on the calling party terminal device; wherein the third confidence score is different of the second confidence score;

when, based on the third confidence score, the calling party is asked to speak, analyzing, on said module or on said server, the voice of the calling party without transmitting said voice to the called party terminal device; and

based on the analysis of the voice of the calling party, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device, or blocking, by using said module, the call without transmitting the call to the called party.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, on said module or on said server, an analysis of the face of the calling party.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the analyzing of the voice of the calling party continues after the call has been transmitted to the called party, wherein the call is blocked or blockable when the continued analysis shows that the call is unwanted.

4. The process as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, on said module or on said server, deciding to call back the calling party in order to check the calling party number and asking the calling party to speak.

5. The process as claimed in claim 3 , comprising a step in the course of which the called party signals an unwanted call, this indication then being used in the decision to reject future calls from the calling party to other called parties, or to ask this calling party to speak.

6. The process as claimed in claim 3 , comprising a step of semantic analysis, on said module or on said server, of the conversation, wherein the decision to transmit a call or the decision to block a call is dependent on this semantic analysis.

7. The process as claimed in claim 6 , the decision to transmit a call or the decision to block a call on the basis of the semantic analysis being dependent on each called party.

8. The process as claimed in claim 3 , comprising a step of analysis of the background noise, of the echoes, of the music and/or of the sound signals transmitted by the calling party, the decision to transmit a call or the decision to block a call being dependent on this analysis.

9. The process as claimed in claim 3 , comprising a step of modeling, on said module or on said server, of the authorized calling parties, along with a step of modeling of the unauthorized calling parties.

10. The process as claimed in claim 3 , in which said decision to transmit the call, to reject the call, or to ask the calling party to speak is based on a machine learning method.

11. The process as claimed in claim 1 , in which said filtering system performs a plausibility analysis for the calling party number and takes this plausibility analysis into account in its decision either to transmit the call, or to reject the call, or to ask the calling party to speak.

12. A process for filtering, by use of a filtering system, an unwanted incoming telephone calls from a calling party terminal device to a called party terminal device through a telephone network, the filtering system comprising a module connected between the called party terminal device and the telephone network, the method comprising:

determining, on said module or on a server of the filtering system that is connected to said module via the telephone network or a connection, a calling party number of a received call from the calling party terminal device and destined to the called party terminal device;

attributing, on said module or on said server, a confidence score to the calling party number;

based on a first confidence score, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device;

based on a second confidence score, rejecting, by said module, the call;

based on a third confidence score, asking, by using said module or said server, a calling party employing the calling party terminal device to speak on the calling party terminal device;

when, based on a third confidence score, the calling party is asked to speak, analyzing, on said module or on said server, the voice of the calling party; and

based on the analysis of the voice of the calling party, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device, or blocking, by using said module, the call without transmitting the call to the called party,

wherein said confidence score attributed to the calling party: is dependent on the called party, is based on said voice analysis, or depends on a history of calls made by said calling party being identifying with said voice analysis.

13. A process for filtering, by use of a filtering system, an unwanted incoming telephone calls from a calling party terminal device to a called party terminal device through a telephone network, the filtering system comprising a module connected between the called party terminal device and the telephone network; the method comprising:

determining, on said module or on a server of the filtering system that is connected to said module via the telephone network or a connection, a calling party number of a received call from the calling party terminal device and destined to the called party terminal device;

attributing, on said module or on said server, a confidence score to the calling party number;

based on a first confidence score, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device,

based on a second confidence score, rejecting, by using said module, the call;

based on a third confidence score, asking, by using said module or server, a calling party employing the calling party terminal device to speak on the calling party terminal device;

when, based on a third confidence score, the calling party is asked to speak, analyzing, on said module or on said server, the voice of the calling party; and

based on the analysis of the voice of the calling party, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device, or blocking, by using said module, the call without transmitting the call to the called party,

wherein the process further comprises making, on said module or on said server, a decision to reject the call or to ask the calling party to speak based on the confidence score, and

wherein said decision to reject the call or to ask the calling party to speak being dependent on:

a history of calls made with said calling party number to other called parties; or

data of a profile of the calling party in a directory, on the web and/or in a social network, said profile being checked by using said module or said server.

14. A process for filtering, by use of a filtering system, an unwanted incoming telephone calls from a calling party terminal device to a called party terminal device through a telephone network, the filtering system comprising a module connected between the called party terminal device and the telephone network; the method comprising:

determining, on said module or on a server of the filtering system that is connected to said module via the telephone network or a connection, a calling party number of a received call from the calling party terminal device and destined to the called party terminal device;

attributing, on said module or on said server, a confidence score to the calling party number;

based on a first confidence score, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device;

based on a second confidence score, rejecting, by using said module, the call;

based on a third confidence score, asking, by using said module or server, a calling party employing the calling party terminal device to speak on the calling party terminal device;

when, based on a third confidence score, the calling party is asked to speak, analyzing, on said module or on said server, the voice of the calling party;

based on the analysis of the voice of the calling party, transmitting, by using said module, the call to the called party terminal device, or blocking, by using said module, the call without transmitting the call to the called party; and

authenticating said calling party by said voice analysis and checking if said authentication corresponds to the calling party number.