Beat telemarketers with call handling software. Duh!
If the caller is unknown or has ID blocked then the phone does not ring at all and the call gets sent straight to your answering machine.
If the caller is a known friend then the phone rings (custom rings?) and, after a few rings, goes to answering machine. It could even be a custom tailored message for that person.
If the caller is a known enemy (telemarketer, psycho ex...) then the call goes to evil message. Mebbe even customized evil message.
This is not rocket science. Alot of this stuff is already on cellphones I think. Could this simple advancement in phone tech destroy telemarketing?
I guess the telemarketers could always escalate- random phone #s or spoofing.
If the caller is unknown or has ID blocked then the phone does not ring at all and the call gets sent straight to your answering machine.
If the caller is a known friend then the phone rings (custom rings?) and, after a few rings, goes to answering machine. It could even be a custom tailored message for that person.
If the caller is a known enemy (telemarketer, psycho ex...) then the call goes to evil message. Mebbe even customized evil message.
This is not rocket science. Alot of this stuff is already on cellphones I think. Could this simple advancement in phone tech destroy telemarketing?
I guess the telemarketers could always escalate- random phone #s or spoofing.