EP1344374A1 - Systeme et procede de mise en correspondance d'un identificateur d'appelant et d'adresses de repertoire telephonique par ajout final de l'indicatif regional au numero local dans le repertoire telephonique - Google Patents

Systeme et procede de mise en correspondance d'un identificateur d'appelant et d'adresses de repertoire telephonique par ajout final de l'indicatif regional au numero local dans le repertoire telephonique

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EP1344374A1
EP1344374A1 EP00989413A EP00989413A EP1344374A1 EP 1344374 A1 EP1344374 A1 EP 1344374A1 EP 00989413 A EP00989413 A EP 00989413A EP 00989413 A EP00989413 A EP 00989413A EP 1344374 A1 EP1344374 A1 EP 1344374A1
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phone
phonebook
entries
area code
electronic phonebook
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Karthick Chinnaswami
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Qualcomm Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/72—Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/27485—Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/56—Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13097—Numbering, addressing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13098—Mobile subscriber
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13102—Common translator
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13103—Memory

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  • This invention relates to telecommunications systems. Specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for matching incoming and/or outgoing calls to electronic phonebook entries in a wireless phone or other communications device.
  • Wireless phones are employed in a variety of demanding applications ranging from search and rescue to business applications. Such applications demand feature-rich wireless phones for efficiently placing and receiving incoming and outgoing calls.
  • the inventive adapted for use with a wireless phone includes a first mechanism for identifying the phone call and providing a phone number in response thereto.
  • a second mechanism determines a home area code associated with the phone.
  • a third mechanism employs the home area code and at least a portion of the phone number to accurately match the phone call to a corresponding entry in the electronic phonebook whether or not entries in the electronic phonebook contain area codes.
  • the first mechanism includes a mechanism for identifying the phone call as an incoming or outgoing call.
  • a caller identification system identifies incoming calls and provides the phone number in response thereto.
  • Another mechanism stores an outgoing number dialed by the user and provides the outgoing number as the phone number in response thereto.
  • the area code of the wireless phone is stored in memory.
  • the third mechanism prepends digits based on the area code to the phone number if the phone number is seven digits in length and provides an adjusted number in response thereto.
  • the third mechanism includes another mechanism for adjusting entries in the electronic phonebook that have only seven digits by prepending the digits based on the area code to the seven-digit phonebook entries and providing adjusted entries in response thereto.
  • An additional mechanism compares the adjusted number to entries in the electronic phonebook including the adjusted entries and provides a match signal in response thereto as an output of the third mechanism if the adjusted number matches an entry in the electronic phonebook.
  • the novel design of the present invention is facilitated by the third mechanism, which eliminates matching errors due to the lack of area code information associated with 7-digit phone numbers in the electronic address book and 7-digit dialed numbers by appending appropriate area code information to the 7-digit numbers prior to comparisons that match the incoming an outgoing numbers to entries in the electronic phonebook.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram of a wireless phone constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a flow diagram of software for efficiently matching incoming and outgoing calls to entries in an electronic phonebook running on the phone computer of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram of a wireless phone 10 constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • the wireless phone 10 includes an antenna 30 that is connected to a duplexer 32.
  • the duplexer 32 is connected to a transceiver 34, which is connected to a computer 36 running caller ID and phonebook matching software 38 constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • the computer 36 is has access to an electronic phonebook 40.
  • the computer 36 is also connected to a data interface adapter 44, voice-encoding/decoding circuitry 46, a keypad 48, and a screen 50.
  • the voice-encoding/decoding circuitry 46 is connected to a microphone 52 and a speaker 54.
  • the electronic phonebook 40 is shown separately from the computer 36, but in practice, the electronic phonebook 40 is preferably implemented in software and stored in computer memory (not shown).
  • the antenna 30 transmits and receives signals via the duplexer 32.
  • the duplexer 32 facilitates sharing of resources of the antenna 30 between transmit and receive functions.
  • the transceiver 34 includes transmit circuitry for transmitting signals such as encoded voice signals or service negotiation signals via the antenna 30 and duplexer 32.
  • the transceiver 34 also includes receive circuitry for receiving signals, such as service negotiation messages or encoded voice signals, from another phone, base station, or mobile switching center (not shown) via the wireless network 18.
  • the transceiver 34 also includes downconversion circuitry required to convert receive signals to digital baseband signals in preparation for processing via the computer 36.
  • the transceiver 34 includes upconversion circuitry required to convert transmit signals from digital baseband signals to radio frequency signals in preparation for transmission via the antenna 30.
  • a user may initiate a call by dialing a number via the keypad 48.
  • the computer may initiate a call by dialing a number via the keypad 48.
  • the data interface adapter 44 allows software running on the computer 36 to be upgraded and/or changed.
  • the data interface adapter 44 also facilitates employing the wireless phone 10 as an external modem for an external computer (not shown). In this case, modem software runs on the computer 36 and/or on the external computer and facilitates communications with the external computer. Such modem software is known in the art and may be developed or purchased by one ordinarily skilled in the art.
  • the computer 36 runs the unique phonebook matching software 38, which is constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • the unique phonebook matching software 38 monitors the wireless phone 10 for the dialing of an outgoing call or the receipt of an incoming call and matches the associated phone number with an entry in the electronic phonebook 40 if a matching entry exists.
  • the phone book matching software 38 also includes caller ID software (not shown) which is known in the art.
  • the novel phonebook matching software 38 of the present invention overcomes errors associated with non-accounted for area code information by inserting the area code associated with the wireless phone 10 at the beginning of an outgoing phone number to yield a ten digit number for comparison purposes.
  • the resulting 10-digit number is compared to 10-digit phone number entries in the electronic phonebook 40.
  • Prior to comparison between entries in the electronic phonebook 40 and the 10-digit outgoing number all 7-digit numbers in the electronic phonebook 40 are converted to 10-digit numbers by inserting the area code (home area code) of the wireless phone 10 at the beginning of the 7-digit numbers.
  • the area code of the wireless phone 10 is predetermined and is stored in memory such as the electronic phonebook 40.
  • the unique system of the present invention for facilitating matching incoming phone calls to entries in a phonebook is particularly effective in systems employing voice-recognition to handling incoming call-waiting calls and associated signals.
  • a system for efficiently handling incoming call-waiting calls suitable for use with the present invention is disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. , attorney docket number QCPA990274 filed concurrently, by S. Hafiz, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CALL-WAITING FUNCTIONALITY VIA VOICE RECOGNITION, assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated by reference herein.
  • Fig. 2 is a flow diagram of the software 38 of Fig. 1 for efficiently matching incoming and outgoing calls to entries in the electronic phonebook 40 Fig. 1.
  • the software 38 monitors the wireless phone 10 for dialed outgoing calls and for the receipt of incoming calls.
  • the incoming calls may be standard incoming calls, call-waiting calls, or another type of incoming call without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • caller ID mechanism 62 If an incoming call is received by the wireless phone 10 and a user answers the incoming call, then control is passed to a caller ID mechanism 62, where the phone number of the incoming call is determined, if available and not restricted, via caller identification systems and methods known in the art.
  • Requisite caller-ID functionality is embedded in the software 38.
  • the caller ID functionality is known in the art and easily developed or ordered and incorporated into the software 38 or other hardware (not shown) of the wireless phone 10.
  • caller ID must supported by a network with which the wireless phone 10 communicates.
  • the present invention is adapted for use with caller ID systems that provide 10-digit phone numbers, however the present invention may be easily adapted for use with other lengths of numbers provided by caller ID systems, such as different length international numbers, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • control is passed to a first indication mechanism 64, where the software 38 indicates, via the display screen 50, that the incoming call is from a restricted number.
  • An exemplary displayed message is "Incoming call from restricted number.”
  • control is passed to a no-match mechanism 66, where the software 38 returns that no match was found between the incoming call and entries in the electronic phonebook 40.
  • a special entry for non-matching calls may be created in the electronic phonebook 40 and restricted calls or otherwise non-matching calls may be considered to match with the non-matching call category.
  • control is passed to a first prepending mechanism 68 where the home area code of the wireless phone 10 is prepended to each 7-digit phone number entry resulting in a temporary phonebook entry of 10 digits which is then compared to the incoming number for a match.
  • the home area code of the wireless phone 10 is stored in phone computer memory or is retrievable from memory of an associated telecommunications network (not shown).
  • the temporary phonebook may be implemented as a permanent phonebook stored in a memory of the computer 36.
  • control is passed to a counting mechanism 70, where the number of digits in the outgoing phone number are counted. If the outgoing number is a 7-digit number, then control is passed to a second prepending mechanism 72, where the home area code of the wireless phone 10 is prepended to the outgoing number for comparison purposes. After the second prepending mechanism 72, control is passed to the first prepending mechanism 68. If the outgoing number is a 10-digit number, then control is passed directly to the first prepending mechanism 68.
  • the mechanisms 62 and 70 comprise a mechanism for identifying a phone number corresponding to an incoming or outgoing phone call, respectively, and providing phone number in response thereto for use by subsequent mechanisms of the software 38 as discussed more fully below.
  • control is passed to a scanning mechanism 74, where the temporary phonebook is searched for entries in the temporary phonebook that match the outgoing number, which is adjusted to a 10-digit number if not already a 10-digit number by the second prepending mechanism 72, or the 10-digit incoming number. If a match is found, control is passed to a match mechanism 76, where the software 38 returns a match indication for use by other routines or software, such as call record keeping software, for handling phonebook matches. If no match is found, then control is passed to the no-match mechanism 66. Once the no match mechanism 66 or the match mechanism 76 is complete, the software 38 is complete.
  • the exact programming details required to implement the software 38 of Fig. 2 may be easily developed by one ordinarily skilled in the art having access to the present teachings.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un système (36, 38) destiné à mettre en correspondance un appel téléphonique et une adresse dans un répertoire téléphonique électronique (40) conçu pour être utilisé avec un téléphone (10). Le système (36, 38) comprend un premier mécanisme (38) permettant d'identifier l'appel téléphonique et d'obtenir, en réponse, un numéro de téléphone. Un deuxième mécanisme (38) détermine un indicatif régional de domicile associé au téléphone. Un troisième mécanisme (38) utilise l'indicatif régional de domicile et le numéro de téléphone afin de faire correspondre l'appel téléphonique à une adresse correspondante du répertoire téléphonique électronique (40) que ce répertoire (40) contienne ou pas des adresse des indicatifs régionaux. Dans une réalisation spécifique, le premier mécanisme (38) comprend un mécanisme (38) destiné à identifier un appel téléphonique comme entrant ou sortant. Un dispositif d'appel identifie des appels entrant et, en réponse, communique le numéro de téléphone. Un autre mécanisme (38) stocke un numéro sortant composé par l'utilisateur et, en réponse, communique le numéro sortant comme numéro de téléphone. L'indicatif régional du téléphone hertzien (10) est stocké dans un ordinateur (36). Le troisième mécanisme (38) ajoute en final des chiffres, basés sur l'indicatif régional, au numéro de téléphone si ce numéro contient sept chiffres et, en réponse, fournit un numéro ajusté. Le troisième mécanisme (38) comprend un autre mécanisme (38) destiné à ajuster des adresses dans le répertoire électronique (40), qui possèdent seulement sept chiffres, par ajout initial des chiffres, basés sur l'indicatif régional, aux adresses à sept chiffres du répertoire et, en réponse fournit des adresses ajustées. Un mécanisme supplémentaire (38) compare les numéros ajustés et les adresses du répertoire électronique (36) y compris les adresse ajustées et envoie, en réponse, un signal de correspondance, comme signalisation du troisième mécanisme (38) si le numéro ajusté correspond à une entrée du répertoire électronique (40).
EP00989413A 2000-12-21 2000-12-21 Systeme et procede de mise en correspondance d'un identificateur d'appelant et d'adresses de repertoire telephonique par ajout final de l'indicatif regional au numero local dans le repertoire telephonique Ceased EP1344374A1 (fr)

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