WO2002017603A1 - Procede et appareil de controle des communications - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de controle des communications Download PDF

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WO2002017603A1
WO2002017603A1 PCT/US2000/023064 US0023064W WO0217603A1 WO 2002017603 A1 WO2002017603 A1 WO 2002017603A1 US 0023064 W US0023064 W US 0023064W WO 0217603 A1 WO0217603 A1 WO 0217603A1
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communications
incoming communication
caller
time
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Shelia Jean Burgess
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Maverick Consulting Services, Inc.
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Priority to PCT/US2000/023064 priority Critical patent/WO2002017603A1/fr
Priority to EP00955844A priority patent/EP1226704A4/fr
Priority to AU2000267981A priority patent/AU2000267981A1/en
Publication of WO2002017603A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002017603A1/fr

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/66—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling
    • H04M1/663—Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone 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
    • H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations
    • H04M1/65—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party
    • H04M1/6505—Recording arrangements for recording a message from the calling party storing speech in digital form

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  • This invention relates in general to apparatus and methodology for controlling communications devices. More particularly, the invention relates to apparatus and methodology for permitting a user to control incoming communications supplied to a communications device such as a telephone in one example.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide communications device control methodology and apparatus which permit the consumer to proactively take control of how, when, and if the consumer responds to incoming communications.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a methodology and apparatus for transforming the communications device (e.g., telephone, computer, and/or television) from a passive device to a controllable device that incorporates individual time management values and customized consumer priorities.
  • the communications device e.g., telephone, computer, and/or television
  • the Caller Identification (ID) Device 103 sends incoming call data such as Caller ID data to Communications Controller 100.
  • Communications Controller 100 processes incoming calls using the Caller ID data received. If the incoming Caller ID data is not available for a particular incoming call, then Communications Controller 100 uses Messaging Response Device (e.g. Answering Machine) Functions 102 to play an Out Going Message (OGM) prompting the caller for their identification data.
  • Messaging Response Device e.g. Answering Machine
  • OGM Out Going Message
  • Caller personal account data e.g., account number, email address, internet address, etc.
  • Speaker dependent voice data person identifying themselves by speaking their name in order to capture their temporal phonic signal data
  • Video data - a video frame of a caller's unique identifiers
  • Communications Controller 100 is programmed to send control information to the telephone device to hang-up or reiterate the request (OGM) to obtain the Caller ID information as indicated at block 212.
  • This iterative process can reoccur a selected number of times based upon a maximum value.
  • the priority of the phone call is set to an unidentified caller in block 218 to support further processing.
  • Figure 4 depicts a blocking time database structure employed by one embodiment of the disclosed Communications Controller 100.
  • This blocking time database structure is used by test 220 of Figure 2B to determine if the incoming call is to be blocked or permitted based on the time of the call being received.
  • the database structure includes a plurality of records 406 designated as records 1...m. Each record defines a time block interval, namely an interval of time that the user does not wish incoming calls of specified priority to cause their telephone to ring or announce the caller.
  • Each of records 1...m includes an index field 400, a block time interval start time field 401, a block time interval end time field 402, a day of the week field 403, a temporary flag 404, and the priority field 405.
  • the index field can be used for internal Communications Controller 100 processing.
  • the start time field 401 provides the hour and minute the time block interval begins.
  • the end time field 402 provides the hour and minute the time block interval ends.
  • the day of the week field 403 provides the days during the week that the time block interval is active.
  • the priority field 405 is used to store the relative priority of a caller based on the user's needs. For example, a representation of a time block interval could be from 10:00 p.m.
  • the temporary flag field 404 is the flag that indicates the time block interval is temporary. This flag supports the silence mode of this invention.
  • the Silence mode permits the user to select a relative period of time to block their phone calls. For instance, the next 2 hours put all calls in the block mode with user selected call priority exceptions.
  • the desired consequential operation of the telephone device is defined.
  • the controller retrieves the block time information from the blocking time database of Figure 4 and that the controller retrieves the priority of the incoming call from the caller data base of Figure 3.
  • the desired consequential operation ofthe telephone device is defined.
  • the desired consequential operation ofthe telephone device is defined.
  • the operations ofthe telephone device include the Caller Identification Device Functions 103, Messaging Response Device Functions 102, and Instantaneous Response Device Functions 101. Some of these operations include but are not limited to the following:

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Abstract

Un contrôleur des communications (1013) est destiné à permettre à l'utilisateur d'un dispositif de télécommunications tel qu'un téléphone ou autre dispositif de contrôler les communications entrantes. Chaque appelant est identifié (1003) au moyen d'un numéro d'identification unique associé à la communication entrante. L'utilisateur sélectionne un des différents niveaux de priorité pour un appelant déterminé. L'utilisateur sélectionne aussi des intervalles de blocage pour chaque priorité afin d'indiquer les moments pendant lesquels les appels ne seront pas acheminés jusqu'au dispositif de communications de l'utilisateur ou une autre action appropriée à entreprendre. Lorsqu'un appelant particulier appelle l'utilisateur, le contrôleur des communications de l'utilisateur déterminer les informations d'identification de l'appelant et rappelle la priorité et l'intervalle de blocage correspondant pour cet appelant déterminé. L'appel est ensuite acheminé jusqu'au dispositif de communication ou bloqué.
PCT/US2000/023064 2000-08-22 2000-08-22 Procede et appareil de controle des communications WO2002017603A1 (fr)

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PCT/US2000/023064 WO2002017603A1 (fr) 2000-08-22 2000-08-22 Procede et appareil de controle des communications
EP00955844A EP1226704A4 (fr) 2000-08-22 2000-08-22 Procede et appareil de controle des communications
AU2000267981A AU2000267981A1 (en) 2000-08-22 2000-08-22 Communications control method and apparatus

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