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US 11,729,313 · App. 17/322,687 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Spoofed telephone call identifier

Inventors: Parag Garg (Woodinville, WA); Derrick Ives (North Bend, WA); Michele Lundahl (Yarrow Point, WA); Helen Wang (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
H04M3/436H04M3/42042H04W12/12H04M2203/60
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Patent No.
US 11,729,313
App. No.
17/322,687
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a spoofed telephone call identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a placement of a telephone call from a second computing device to a third computing device, wherein the data includes a phone number of the second computing device. The actions further include determining characteristics of the phone number of the second computing device. The actions further include, based on the characteristics of the phone number of the second computing device, determining a likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed. The actions further include, based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining whether to transmit a notification of the telephone call to the third computing device.

Claims (71)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a placement of a telephone call from a second computing device to a third computing device, wherein the data indicating the placement of the telephone call includes a phone number of the second computing device;

identifying, by the first computing device, a fourth computing device associated with the phone number of the second computing device;

providing, for output by the first computing device and to the fourth computing device, a request to provide data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

receiving, by the first computing device and from the fourth computing device, a response that is to the request and that includes the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

based on the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, a likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed; and

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, whether to transmit a notification of the telephone call to the third computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed and based on determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, generating, by the first computing device, the notification that includes the phone number of the second computing device; and

transmitting, by the first computing device and to the third device, the notification.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed and based on determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, generating, by the first computing device, the notification that includes data warning a user of the third computing device of a possibility that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed; and

transmitting, by the first computing device and to the third device, the notification.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to bypass transmitting the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on determining to bypass transmitting the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, providing, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, access to a voicemail system.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the phone number is associated with an active, different telephone call,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the phone number being associated with an active, different telephone call.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a network service provider of the phone number,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the network service provider of the phone number.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a location of the second computing device,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the location of the second computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device and the fourth computing device are different devices.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device and the fourth computing device are a same device.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory including a plurality of computer-executable components that are executable by the one or more processors to perform a plurality of actions, the plurality of actions comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a placement of a telephone call from a second computing device to a third computing device, wherein the data indicating the placement of the telephone call includes a phone number of the second computing device;

identifying, by the first computing device, a fourth computing device associated with the phone number of the second computing device;

providing, for output by the first computing device and to the fourth computing device, a request to provide data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

receiving, by the first computing device and from the fourth computing device, a response that is to the request and that includes the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

based on the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, a likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed; and

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, whether to transmit a notification of the telephone call to the third computing device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed and based on determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, generating, by the first computing device, the notification that includes the phone number of the second computing device; and

transmitting, by the first computing device and to the third device, the notification.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed and based on determining to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, generating, by the first computing device, the notification that includes data warning a user of the third computing device of a possibility that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed; and

transmitting, by the first computing device and to the third device, the notification.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

determining whether to transmit the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device comprises determining to bypass transmitting the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, and

the method comprises:

based on determining to bypass transmitting the notification of the telephone call to the third computing device, providing, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, access to a voicemail system.

14. The system of claim 10 , comprising:

determining that the phone number is associated with an active, different telephone call,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the phone number being associated with an active, different telephone call.

15. The system of claim 10 , comprising:

determining a network service provider of the phone number,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the network service provider of the phone number.

16. The system of claim 10 , comprising:

determining a location of the second computing device,

wherein determining the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed is further based on the location of the second computing device.

17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media of a computing device storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more computers to perform acts comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a placement of a telephone call from a second computing device to a third computing device, wherein the data indicating the placement of the telephone call includes a phone number of the second computing device;

identifying, by the first computing device, a fourth computing device associated with the phone number of the second computing device;

providing, for output by the first computing device and to the fourth computing device, a request to provide data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

receiving, by the first computing device and from the fourth computing device, a response that is to the request and that includes the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed;

based on the data indicating whether the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, a likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed; and

based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining, by the first computing device, whether to transmit a notification of the telephone call to the third computing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2021
From: GARG, PARAG; IVES, DERRICK; LUNDAHL, MICHELE; WANG, HELEN
To: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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