BACKGROUND   

Every day ar any hour telephone Subscribers receive unwanted calls from marketeers, scammers and associates. Most phone services provide a "blocking" service that prevents the phone from ringing if the caller's ID number is not listed in the contact file. However, this does not prevent the unwanted caller from leaving a voicemail message and/or the call being added to call records.  

Aside from the frustration of receiving unwanted calls, the time spent adding phone numbers to a blocked callers list, deleting voicemail messages and deleting phone numbers from calls records can be significant and disruptive to subscribers worldwide.

PRESENT SOLUTIONS

Call blocking applications attempt to address the unwanted call/spam issue. Developers of these solutions invariably end up in a cat and mouse game with spammers who create work-arounds that insure they can continue to deliver calls. Identification numbers and passwords are stored in data bases that can be compromised and stolen, evidenced by the hacker's thefts of millions of supposedly secure user files from many corporations.  

Marketeers and Scammers have found ways to display a fraudulent Caller-ID, including numbers from stolen contact files, to the point that caller identification is ineffective in stopping unwanted calls.  Subscribers see its a local area code number and answer the call only to find it's another sales call.  A simply way of accepting or blocking calls received is critical to the future of efficient, effective business and personal communications. 

SUMMARY 

"VoiceCID" provides a simple, effective and impenetrable solution for blocking unwanted phone calls. With a simple "Who's calling?", Voice Signatures are captured and provide authentication of callers prior to connection of each call.  Introduction of the VoiceCID service is simple using caller ID to validate callers and record voice signatures for authenticating future calls. 

The VoiceCID process allows connection of the Caller only when the caller's spoken name is authenticated and the caller is recognized as a family member, friend or associate.  The process is successful regardless of the phone or phone number that the caller is using to place the call. VoiceCID eliminates the aggravating intrusion of unwanted callers, eliminates the deletion of voicemail recordings, adding numbers to block lists and/or clearing of call records.  Rather, VoiceCID provides a simple, effective "who's calling?" method that safeguards legitimate telephone communications of businesses, government agencies and individuals. VoiceCID speaks the caller's name and the subscriber can chose to anwer, send to Voicemail or disconnect the call.