US Patent Issued to Scam Off on May 27 for "System, method, and apparatus for initiating outbound communications from a user device" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,643, issued on May 27, was assigned to Scam Off Ltd. (Pittsburgh).

"System, method, and apparatus for initiating outbound communications from a user device" was invented by Joseph A. Charlson (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses initiating outbound communications and receiving inbound communications. The system may include at least one processor programmed or configured to detect a communication between a user device and a remote entity, the user device operated by a user, determine a security risk based on the communication, and in response to determining the security risk, automa...