1. Network contacts device with a request for synchronous voice communication, including identifying information from the originating party. 2. Device consults

1. Network contacts device with a request for synchronous voice communication, including identifying information from the originating party. 2. Device consults its own program, controlled by the subscriber-recipient, and responds with a signal to the network regarding the disposition of the call. 3. The network will then relay that signal to the originator, who may be required to respond one or more times before any human even knows someone is calling. In short, I'd like the service providers to give me options other than "connect the call" and "send the call directly to voice mail and notify me anyway". I also want, at least, "refuse the call immediately without me knowing anything about it", "pay me a toll before I allow my phone to get my attention for you", and "prove you are the real person that you claim to be before I ring my phone on your behalf". I'd like to be able to whitelist all my contacts so they ring immediately, and blacklist some numbers that will always get a fast busy signal every time they call my number. Ideally, there would also be some way to validate that the caller id number belongs to the call originator, perhaps by sending a nonce to the number claimed, and requiring that the originator repeat it in the current call session. The provider can handle a simple program for land lines, dumb phones, or other phones that can't understand the newer protocol, but given that smartphones are pocket computers, I want to be able to control my own device without some third party stepping in and possibly selling me out.