CN1794759A - Communication device with telephone anti-interference function, server and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a communication device with a telephone anti-interference function, a server and a method thereof, which can block some callers without being in an address book or having caller number display to avoid the interference of a user of the communication device, wherein when a system or the communication device receives a call, whether the caller number display exists or not can be judged, if yes, the caller number is compared with the telephone number in the address book, if yes, the call is connected, if not, the identity of the caller is verified, if verified, the call is connected, otherwise, the call is refused.

Description

Communication device with telephone anti-interference function, server and method thereof

technical field

The invention relates to a method for preventing incoming calls of a communication device, in particular to a communication device, a server and a method thereof capable of preventing interference from incoming calls of unwanted callers.

Background technique

At present, personal portable communication device products with call function are becoming more and more popular in the market, such as personal digital processors and mobile phones, etc., but every mobile phone user will also have some unwelcome or unfriendly messages. Phone calls, such as telemarketing, market research, or even some scam calls, etc.; although mobile phones currently have some functions that can block calls from specific callers, such as call guards, users can set some specific calls through the mobile phone terminal. Calls that you do not want to answer can avoid some disturbing events, but for some unseen phone numbers or unfriendly calls that have no phone number displayed, they cannot be completely blocked. In addition, many current telemarketing And fraudulent calls, etc. belong to these incoming calls without phone number display, so the receiver cannot directly judge whether it belongs to relatives or friends or is classified as a bona fide incoming call, which causes many troublesome events to occur.

Therefore, if it is possible to further block some callers who are not in the address book or have no caller ID display and avoid being disturbed, that is where the technical difficulty that the inventor of this case intends to solve is.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a communication device, a server and a method thereof with a telephone anti-disturbance function, and to provide a communication device or server setting to block calls that are not in the address book or have no caller ID. A way to avoid being disturbed by an incoming call from a caller.

Therefore, the communication device with telephone anti-disturbance function of the present invention can receive a call request message from a remote communication device, which includes:

A communication module, which is used to establish a communication link with a remote communication device and receive a message requesting a call, and the information content may include a phone number data of an incoming call;

A storage module, storing at least one phone number data set by the user, verification setting data and phone number data for receiving incoming calls;

A control module, connected to the storage module and the communication module, when receiving the telephone number data of the incoming call transmitted by the communication module, comparing and judging whether the incoming call number is the telephone number data set by the user stored in the storage module, When the comparison result shows that the phone number data of the incoming call is in the phone number data set by the user, the incoming call of the communication device is answered through the communication module;

An anti-disturbance module, connected to the storage module and the control module, occurs when the comparison result of the control module is that the phone number data of the incoming call is not in the phone number data set by the user and does not display the phone number data of the incoming call Execute when the communication module sends a message requiring the user to input verification data to the incoming communication device, and after receiving the verification data sent by the incoming communication device through the communication module, it is verified with the verification setting data stored in the storage module , if the verification is correct, the incoming call of the communication device will be answered through the communication module;

An input module, connected to the control module, is used to provide the telephone number data and verification setting data set by the user;

A recording module, connected with the control module, performs a recording procedure for the data about the audio format of the caller input through the input module or received through the communication module.

The present invention also discloses a method for preventing incoming calls of a communication device, wherein when the communication device receives an incoming call signal, the processing steps include:

Determine whether there is an incoming call number; if not, verify the caller's identity, pass the verification, and connect the incoming call;

If yes, compare whether the incoming call number is consistent with the telephone number data stored in the address book, and if so, connect the incoming call;

If not, verify the identity of the caller, pass the verification, and connect the call; and if the verification is not passed, send the set voice message and end the communication link.

In addition, the verification method includes: a password verification mode, and the steps include:

Send a message asking the caller to enter a verification code;

receive a passcode entered by the caller; and

Determine whether the password matches the set verification password, and if so, accept

Incoming call; a biometric verification mode, the steps include:

send a message requesting the caller to enter biometric data;

Receive biometric data entered by callers; and

Judging whether the biometric data conforms to the set biometric data,

If it matches, the incoming call is connected; a question and answer verification mode, the steps include:

Send a set of question questions and their corresponding multiple optional verification data options and requirements

The caller enters information for the selected data option;

Receive caller-entered data options; and

It is judged whether the data option matches the set data option, and if it matches, the incoming call is connected.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the preferred embodiment schematic diagram of the system that the communication device of the present invention tool telephone disturbance prevention function, server constitute;

Fig. 2 is the composition block diagram of the preferred embodiment of communication device with telephone anti-disturbance function of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of activating the anti-disturbance function of the communication device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the communication device of the present invention to start the password verification program;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the voiceprint verification program activated by the communication device of the present invention;

6 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the communication device of the present invention to start the question-and-answer verification program;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the startup verification program of the communication device of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a server with telephone anti-disturbance function of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the server activating the anti-disturbance function of the present invention.

[Description of main components representing symbols in the diagram]

1, 2...communication device 3...server

11...communication module 12...display module

13...Input module 14...Control module

21...communication module 22...storage module

221...Address Book Database 222...Authentication Database

223...Call record database 23...Input module

24...Anti-interference module 25...Recording module

26...Control module 31...Communication processing module

32...Anti-disturbance module 33...User setting database

331...authentication database 300, 400, 500...authentication program

3311...Address book data 3312...Password data

3313...Voiceprint data 3314...Question and answer data

301～307...Implementation steps 401～406...Implementation steps

501～506...Implementation steps 601～606...Implementation steps

701...Implementation steps 901～911...Implementation steps

Detailed ways

The technical content and effects of the present invention will be described in detail in the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figure 1, it is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a system composed of a communication device with a telephone anti-interference function and a server according to the present invention. The system mainly includes: a communication device 1 at the calling end, a communication device 2 at the receiving end and A server 3 (service provider), wherein the server 3 is used to handle mobile communication and two-way information exchange and transmission services between at least two communication devices 1 and 2; and the communication device 1 at the calling end includes at least one communication module 11. A display module 12 , an input module 13 and a control module 14 , which can be connected to the remote communication device 2 through the server 3 .

As shown in Figure 2, it is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the communication device 2 at the receiving end of the present invention, taking a personal digital machine (PDA) with a mobile communication function as an example, and mainly having a communication module 21, a storage module 22 , an input module 23 , an anti-interference module 24 , a recording module 25 and a control module 26 .

The communication module 21 is for transmitting information with the outside world, and can communicate with other remote communication devices 1 (such as a personal digital assistant with mobile communication function or a mobile phone) to establish a communication link, and can also receive incoming call information sent by other communication devices 1 to request a call, and the incoming call information can include the phone number of the communication device 1 at the sending end; in this embodiment, the communication module 21 is a handheld communication device. The prior art in the field of devices will not be described in detail here.

The storage module 22 is used to store other application programs, personal setting data and phone number data for receiving incoming calls, and the personal setting data can include phone number data stored in the address book database 221 that the user sets as a friend, and storage Verification setting data in the verification database 222 and used to verify the identity of the caller, wherein the verification setting data can be voiceprint data, user-set passwords, and user-set questions and corresponding multiple optional verifications Data options, etc.; and the phone number data of the incoming call is stored in the call record database 223, so that the user can know the phone number of the caller, and can also perform a callback action if the call is not received. This part belongs to the existing technology, not described in detail here; the memory module 22 is installed and fixed in the internal memory of the communication device 2 as an example in this embodiment, but in other variations, it can also be a removable memory card (such as SD, XD, Memory Stick, Compact Flash, etc.) or other data storage components suitable for handheld communication devices.

The input module 23 is used to provide the phone number data and verification setting data for user input settings. In this embodiment, it can be an input device such as a microphone and multiple operation keys. Manually operate a plurality of operation keys to input the phone number data set as friends in the address book database 221 or to input verification setting data in the verification database 222 .

The anti-disturbance module 24 is that the phone number data of the incoming call is not in the address book database that the user sets and does not show when any one of the situations of the incoming call number data takes place, and is based on the verification data set by the user, and requires The caller enters the corresponding verification data to perform the step of verifying the identity, and the call is answered if the verification is correct, otherwise, the communication link is terminated.

The recording module 25 can record according to the sound signal (voiceprint data) input by the user through the input module 23 (such as a microphone), or record the caller during the call with the remote communication device 1, so as to retrieve the other party The voiceprint data is stored in the verification database 222 of the storage module 22, and can be used as the voiceprint data basis for later verifying the caller's identity by voice.

The control module 26 is connected to the communication module 21, the storage module 22, the input module 23, the anti-disturbance module 24 and the recording module 25. In this embodiment, a microprocessor can be used as an example, and the microprocessor (CPU) is used to control the communication device 2 The operation of the communication module 21, the storage module 22, the input module 23, the anti-disturbance module 24, the recording module 25 and other necessary components to jointly perform the functions of filtering and identity verification of the caller; When the phone number of the incoming call sent by the module is compared and judged whether the phone number is the phone number data set by the user stored in the storage module, the result of the comparison is that the phone number data of the incoming call is in the phone number set by the user When the number data is in, answer the incoming call of the remote communication device via the communication module.

Corresponding to the above-mentioned communication device 2, the present invention also discloses an incoming call anti-disturbance method of a communication device that can filter and verify the identity of some callers, wherein the implementation process of activating the anti-disturbance function is as shown in Figure 3:

Wherein, when the communication device 2 receives an incoming call, if the anti-disturbance function is activated (as in step 301), the following steps are performed, first, it is judged whether there is an incoming call number display (as in step 302), and if so, the incoming call number will be shared with the user Compare the phone number data stored in the address book database 221 set (as in step 303), if it matches, connect the incoming call (as in step 304), if it does not match or there is no caller number displayed, then verify the identity of the caller Program (such as step 305), through the verification (such as step 306), then connect the incoming call (such as step 304), otherwise end the communication link with the communication device 1 of the incoming call (sending end) (such as step 307).

Wherein the above-mentioned verification program is used for verifying the caller of the calling end communication device 1 that is not in the address book or does not have the caller number displayed. Please refer to Fig. 4 to collect a password for the anti-interference module 24 The verification program 400 is a flow chart of the main implementation steps of the preferred embodiment of the method for verifying the caller's identity.

The control module 26 of the communication device 2 at the receiving end will send a message requiring the caller to input a verification password (such as "please enter the verification password" and other prompts) to the communication device 1 at the calling end through the communication module 21 (such as step 401), and The communication device 1 at the calling end receives this information through the communication module 11 and displays it on its screen through the display module 12. After the caller (calling end) enters a verification password through the input module 13 (such as a button) and transmits Pass the communication module 11 back to the communication device 2 of the receiving end (such as step 402) (if the caller does not input the password data within a certain period of time (such as 30 seconds), it means that the verification has not passed, that is, step 405 or 406 is executed), And compare (as step 403) the verification password that the caller inputs by its control module 26 with the verification password that the user (received end) sets, compare the same result and promptly connect incoming call (as step 404), If the result of the comparison is not the same, then end the communication link with the communication device 1 at the calling end (such as step 406). In addition, the caller who has not passed the verification, the communication device at the receiving end before ending the communication link 2. It is also possible to send a set voice message (such as prompts such as "verification is not passed, end the call") to the communication device 1 at the calling end (such as step 405); and the verification password set above, the user can enter the module 21 (such as a button) for setting, and the set verification password can be stored in the verification database 222 of the storage module 22, and the user can notify some users who are allowed to call by sending messages (such as SMS, MMS) or direct calls. The verification passwords related to relatives and friends.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a flow chart of the main implementation steps of a preferred embodiment of a method for verifying the caller's identity using another voiceprint verification program 500 for the anti-interference module 24 .

The anti-interference module 24 will send the information (such as "please input the voiceprint data" and other prompts) to the communication device 1 at the calling end through the communication module 21 that requires the caller to input the voiceprint data (such as step 501), and the communication at the calling end After the device 1 receives this information through the communication module 11 and displays it on its screen through the display module 12, the caller inputs a sound signal through the input module 13 (such as a microphone) and sends it back to the receiver through the communication module 11. The communication device 2 at the end (such as step 502), and its control module 26 compares the voice signal input by the caller with the voiceprint data set by the user in the verification database 222 (such as step 503), and the result of the comparison is the same That is, the incoming call is connected (as in step 504), and the conversation can be carried out; otherwise, if the result of the comparison is not the same, then the communication connection with the communication device 1 at the calling end is ended (as in step 506); in addition, the caller who has not passed the verification, Before terminating the communication connection, the communication device 2 at the receiving end can also send a set voice message (such as prompts such as "verification fails, end the call") to the communication device 1 at the calling end (such as step 505). For the voiceprint data set above, the user can ask relatives and friends around who are allowed to talk through the input module 21 (such as a microphone) of the communication device (such as a mobile phone) to pre-record the voiceprint data and store it in the verification database of the storage module 22. In 222, in addition, the set voiceprint data can also be recorded during the call with the friend, so as to retrieve the voiceprint data of the other party and store it in the verification database 222 of the storage module 22.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a flow chart of the main implementation steps of a preferred embodiment of a method for verifying the identity of the caller by adopting another question and answer verification program 600 for the anti-interference module 24 .

This anti-disturbance module 24 can send the question question of setting and its corresponding plurality of data options that can be selected through communication module 21 and require the caller to input the information of selecting data options (such as "please select the birthday data of the called party (1 )September 29th (2)October 07th" and other prompts) to the communication device 1 at the originating end (such as step 601), and the communication device 1 at the originating end receives this information through the communication module 11 and displays it through the display module 12 is displayed on its screen, and the caller enters one of the data options (such as pressing "1" to indicate selection (1) September 29) through the input module 13 (such as a button) and passes through the communication module 11 times Pass to the communication device 2 of the receiving end (as in step 602), and its control module 26 compares the correct data option answer entered by the caller with the correct data option answer set in the verification database 222 by its control module 26 (as in step 603) If the result of the comparison is the same, the incoming call is connected (as in step 604), and the conversation can be carried out; otherwise, if the result of the comparison is not the same, then the communication connection with the communication device 1 at the calling end is terminated (as in step 606); For an incoming call that has passed the verification, before ending the communication connection, the communication device 2 at the receiving end can also send a set voice message (such as prompts such as "verification fails, end the call") to the communication device 1 at the calling end (such as step 605 ). And the above-mentioned set questions and their corresponding multiple data options and correct data option answers can be input and set by the user through the input module 21 (such as buttons or microphones), and the set data can be stored in stored in the authentication database 222 of the module 22.

Please refer to FIG. 7, wherein the anti-interference module 24 can also integrate the above verification programs 400, 500, and 600 to provide three verification modes for callers who have not passed the step of comparing the address book to choose one of the verification programs for identity verification. (like step 701), yet whether the verification program 400, 500, 600 is provided depends on whether the user has made settings (such as the user only has to set the password verification program 400 and the voiceprint verification program 500, and the caller only You can choose one of the password verification program 400 and the voiceprint verification program 500).

Please refer to Fig. 8, wherein the anti-interference module 32 can also be arranged on the server 3 end of the system operator, and the server 3 at least includes a communication processing module 31, an anti-interference module 32 and a user setting database 33, the communication processing module 31 can accept the communication link of the communication device of the client to set the anti-disturbance function of the communication device through the anti-disturbance module 32; the user setting database 33 is used to store all user (user) verification data of the system operator, and includes There are multiple verification databases 331, and each user (user) has a verification database 331 for storing the personal anti-interference data set by the user (user) through the anti-interference module, including: address book data 3311, password data 3312, voiceprint data 3313, question and answer data 3314, etc.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a flow chart of the main implementation steps of a preferred embodiment of the method for filtering and authenticating callers through the server 3 .

When the communication device 1 (caller) at the calling end sends an incoming call message requesting a call to a remote communication device 2 (caller) at the receiving end, the incoming call information will first pass through the server 3 (system operator) according to the incoming call The phone number dialed by the caller finds out and reads the personal anti-disturbance data set by the user of the phone number (as in step 901), if the user of the communication device 2 at the receiving end has the anti-disturbance function activated (as in step 902), first The server 3 end will first judge whether there is an incoming call number to display (as in step 903), if there is, the incoming call number will be compared with the address book data 3311 in the user's verification database 331 (as in step 904), if it matches, then Connect the communication link between the communication device 1 of the calling end and the communication device 2 of the receiving end (as in step 906), if it does not match or there is no caller ID display, then carry out the verification procedure, and in three verification procedures (as in step 907 ～909), select one of the verification methods (as in step 905), and pass the verifier (as in step 910), then connect the communication link between the communication device 1 at the calling end and the communication device 2 at the receiving end, so that the caller can Talk with the user (user) of the communication device 2 at the receiving end (as in step 906), otherwise it will transfer to the voice mailbox set at the server 3 end (such as playing prompts such as "the phone you dialed cannot be answered temporarily") ( Such as step 911). In addition, the availability of the three authentication modes provided by the server 3 depends on whether the user has set them.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only examples for convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed by the present invention should be determined by the scope of the patent application, rather than limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

Claims (21)

1, a kind of communication device of tool phone interference guard function can receive the information that a long-range communication device incoming call requires conversation, it is characterized in that, be to comprise:

One communication module receives the information that this requirement is conversed in order to set up communication link with this long-range communication device, this information content comprises the telephone number data of an incoming call;

One storage module stores telephone number data, the checking setting data of user setting and receives the telephone number data of sending a telegram here;

One control module, connect this storage module and communication module, when receiving the telephone number of this incoming call that transmits by this communication module, comparison and judge that whether this telephone number is the telephone number data that stored this user of this storage module sets, comparison result is in this telephone number data that the user sets the time for the telephone number data of incoming call, answers the incoming call of this long-range communication device via this communication module;

One interference guard module, connect this storage module and control module, be this control module comparison result for the telephone number data of this incoming call in the telephone number data that this user sets and a wherein situation that does not show the telephone number data of incoming call carry out when taking place, seeing through this control module controls this communication module and sends one and require the communication device of the information content of user's input validation data to this incoming call, and receive this checking setting data that stores with this storage module after this verification msg that the communication device of this incoming call transmits via this communication module and verify the correct incoming call of then answering this communication device of checking via this communication module.

2, device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, more comprises an input module, connects this control module, in order to telephone number data and the checking setting data that provides this user to import setting.

3, device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described this input module is a keyboard.

4, device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described this input module is a microphone.

As claim 2 or 3 described devices, it is characterized in that 5, described this checking setting data is a code data, this code data is set for seeing through this input module input.

6, as claim 2 or 4 described devices, it is characterized in that, more comprise a recording module, connect this control module, be converted to vocal print data in order to handle the voice signal of importing and to record, and be stored in this storage module.

7, device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described these vocal print data obtain for seeing through to record via this recording module after this input module is imported again.

8, device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described these vocal print data for caller's communication process in see through this recording module and record and obtain.

As claim 2 or 3 or 4 described devices, it is characterized in that 9, described this checking setting data is an enquirement problem of setting and corresponding complex data option, correct answer data option thereof.

10, device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the enquirement problem of described this setting and corresponding complex data option, correct answer data option thereof are obtained for seeing through this input module input.

11, device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described this storage module stores and more includes a voice messaging of setting, and this voice messaging is startup when the checking result meets, and by be sent to the communication device of this incoming call by this communication module.

12, a kind of server of tool phone interference guard function, the communication device that can accept a client carries out the setting of interference guard function, it is characterized in that, be to comprise:

One communication processing module is accepted the communication link of the communication device of this client;

One interference guard module connects this communication processing module, provides communication device via this client this communication device is carried out the setting of individual interference guard data;

One user's setting data storehouse, connect this interference guard module, the individual interference guard data of setting in order to all users of stocking system dealer, this user's setting data storehouse has plural validation database, and each validation database is set use for a client, and stores the individual interference guard data that this affiliated user sets via this interference guard module.

13, server as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, the question and answer data that described this user's individual interference guard data comprise address book data, code data, vocal print data and setting wherein one of at least.

14, server as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, the question and answer data of described this setting are enquirement problem and corresponding complex data option, the correct answer data option thereof that client is set.

15, a kind of incoming call interference guard method of communication device when this communication device is accepted an incoming telephone signal, is characterized in that treatment step comprises:

Judged whether caller ID; If do not have, checking caller status, by the verifier, connecting incoming call;

If have, compare this caller ID and whether meet with the telephone number data that plural number stores in advance, if meet, connecting incoming call;

If do not meet, verify this caller's status, by the verifier, connecting incoming call.

16, method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, more comprises:

When illogical checking, transmit the voice messaging of setting and finish communication link.

17, method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, described this verification method comprises a password authentification pattern, a biological signature verification pattern and a question and answer Validation Mode wherein one of at least.

18, method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, described this password authentification mode step comprises:

Send the information that requires caller's input validation password;

Receive the password of caller's input; And

Judge whether this password meets with the authentication password of setting, if meet then connecting incoming call.

19, method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, described this biological characteristic validation mode step comprises:

Send the information that requires the caller to import biological attribute data;

Receive the biological attribute data of caller's input; And

Judge whether this biological attribute data meets with the biological attribute data of setting, if meet then connecting incoming call.

20, the incoming call verification method of communication device as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described this biological attribute data is vocal print data.

21, the incoming call verification method of communication device as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, described this question and answer Validation Mode step comprises:

Send an enquirement problem and the corresponding plural alternative data options of setting thereof and require the caller to import the information of data selected option;

Receive the data options of caller's input; And

Judge whether this data options meets with the data options of setting, if meet then connecting incoming call.

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