CALLGUARD

Computer hardware and software utilizing rules and databases to screen and categorize communication, including telecommunication, text messaging, email and other forms of electronic or digital communication, into categories such as unwanted, spam, family, friends, business, priority, or other, and allowing a user to filter, block or quarantine communication by category, and treat each category according to pre-defined rules, namely, block, save, send to voice-mail, sound busy signal, or make specific message announcements

Computer hardware and software system utilizing rules and databases to screen and categorize communication, including telecommunication, text messaging, email and other forms of electronic or digital communication, into categories such as unwanted, spam, family, friends, business, priority, other, et cetera, allowing a user to filter, block or quarantine communication by category, and treat each category according to pre-defined rules, namely, block, save, send to voice-mail, sound busy signal, make specific message announcement, et cetera