APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCREENING, IDENTIFYING, REJECTING, AND/OR REPORTING, UNWANTED TELEPHONE CALLS, UNWANTED FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS, UNWANTED TEXT MESSAGES, UNWANTED SMS MESSAGES, UNWANTED MMS MESSAGES, AND/OR UNWANTED ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES OR UNWANTED INSTANT MESSAGES, AND/OR OTHER UNWANTED COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

An apparatus, including a receiver which receives information regarding an incoming telephone call, cellular call, fax transmission, text message, or e-mail message, and a processing device which processes information regarding the telephone call, cellular call, fax transmission, text message, or e-mail message, and identifies a telephone number associated with the telephone call, cellular call, fax transmission, or text message, as being allowed or rejected, or identifies an e-mail address associated with the e-mail message as being allowed or rejected. The apparatus allows the telephone call, cellular call, fax transmission, or text message, if the number is allowed, rejects same if the number is rejected, allows the e-mail message if the e-mail address is allowed, or rejects same if the e-mail address is rejected, and records or stores information regarding the telephone call, cellular call, fax transmission, text message, or e-mail message.