A privacy screening service allows a subscriber to send a call screening
request during a telephone call. The call screening request may comprise
a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency key (e.g., "Touch Tones") on a telephone
keypad, a softkey entry on a communications device, and/or a data message
from an Internet Protocol phone or client application. The call screening
request may store incoming line identification (ICLID) information of the
connected communications signal in a database, add the ICLID information
to a Do Not Call list, update a subscriber's profile with the ICLID
information, and/or storing the ICLID information in a subscriber's
blocked communications list. The Do Not Call list, the subscriber's
profile, and/or the subscriber's blocked communications list may include
communications instructions for the called number as well as include
communications instructions for other registered communications addresses
(e.g., other telephone numbers, an email address, and other
communications addresses of the subscriber).