{"id":4669,"date":"2013-04-11T03:28:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T03:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2020-04-08T14:48:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T18:48:18","slug":"specialty-answering-services-ftc-robocall-challenge-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/specialty-answering-services-ftc-robocall-challenge-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialty Answering Service\u2019s FTC robocall challenge entry."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the FTC announced a $50,000 prize last October for the best proposal to block robocalls, we were thrilled! We welcome any opportunity to stop automation in favor of live operator interaction; plus we love a good challenge!<\/p>\n<p>Figuring out how to stop robocalls wasn\u2019t easy. Our telecommunications engineers dropped everything and worked feverishly night and day to come up with a universal robocall blocker. We toyed around with various robocall filtering systems, blacklisting with data being pulled from a dynamically updated list, and caller ID spoof detection.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to last week when the winners circle was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/threatlevel\/2013\/04\/death-to-robocalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a>. Unfortunately our idea didn\u2019t win &#8220;Best Overall Solution&#8221; or the honorary &#8220;Federal Trade Commission Technology Achievement Award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While our &#8216;software&#8217; may not be Federal Trade Commission Challenge worthy, we still think it\u2019s a pretty good idea. Please see our entry below and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/specialty-answering-services-ftc-robocall-challenge-entry\/stop-auto-dialer-calls.jpg\" alt=\"SAS' FTC Robocall Entry\" width=\"710\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/specialty-answering-services-ftc-robocall-challenge-entry\/stop-auto-dialer-calls.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/specialty-answering-services-ftc-robocall-challenge-entry\/stop-auto-dialer-calls-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the FTC announced a $50,000 prize last October for the best proposal to block robocalls, we were thrilled! 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