WO2008010803A1 - Id d'appelant amélioré doté d'un affichage d'informations d'appelant sélectionnées par le destinataire - Google Patents

Id d'appelant amélioré doté d'un affichage d'informations d'appelant sélectionnées par le destinataire Download PDF

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WO2008010803A1
WO2008010803A1 PCT/US2006/028237 US2006028237W WO2008010803A1 WO 2008010803 A1 WO2008010803 A1 WO 2008010803A1 US 2006028237 W US2006028237 W US 2006028237W WO 2008010803 A1 WO2008010803 A1 WO 2008010803A1
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    • 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
    • H04M1/575—Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
    • H04M1/576—Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party associated with a pictorial or graphical representation

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  • the present invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular to systems, methods and media for enhanced caller ID information.
  • DVRs Digital Video Recorders
  • Figure 1 is a schematic drawing of a specific exemplary embodiment of an enhanced caller ID solution of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic drawing of a detail of a caller ID display of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is ⁇ schematic drawing of an exemplary image database for selecting an image for display in an exemplary embodiment of an enhanced Caller ID system of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic drawing of a specific exemplary embodiment of an enhanced caller ID solution of Figure 1 showing a call recipient-selected image associated with the caller in a display field of the invention.
  • Figure 5 is a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the form of a computer system within which a set of instructions, when executed, may cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the present invention.
  • the present invention through one or more of its various aspects, embodiments and/or specific features or sub-components, is thus intended to bring out one or more of the advantages that will be evident from the description.
  • the present invention is described with frequent reference to television set- top boxes. It is understood, however, that a set-top box is merely an example of a specific embodiment of the present invention, which is directed broadly to networked interactive television within the scope of the invention. The terminology, examples, drawings and embodiments, therefore, are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
  • STBs currently include Caller ID Display functionality that allow the phone number and name associated with an incoming phone call to display on the television screen.
  • the next generation of STBs will include storage and access capabilities for media beyond standard television content. Storage and access features may also be available with game consoles connected to the television, particularly those consoles that provide online, multiplayer, capabilities over a network.
  • the term STB is considered, for the purposes of this disclosure, to include such consoles.
  • the media includes storage of and access to a user's digital photo collection and address book.
  • the storage may be local, i.e., stored on the STB's hard drive, or remote, i.e., stored on a network resource such as a server.
  • An advantage of the present invention is that the call recipient selects the information to associate with the caller. This is advantageous -because it is the recipient that is in the best position to know which information, including which image or images, is most useful to the recipient in relation to the caller.
  • caller selected images may be inappropriate for viewing by all household members of the recipient, yet the recipient is unable to prescreen the image before it is displayed. This may be a particular problem when the caller ID image is displayed on the family television screen during family television viewing.
  • the present invention provides a solution to these and other problems of enhanced caller ID, including an easy to use interface that allows the recipient to control what is displayed on their television screen.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a specific exemplary embodiment of an enhanced caller ID solution of the present invention.
  • Television 1 10 is connected to set-top box or other device 120 which in turn is connected to ⁇ telecommunications network (not shown).
  • Person 130 is watching television 1 10 when an incoming phone call arrives.
  • STB 120 alerts person 130 of the incoming call and displays caller ID information 140 on television screen 1 15.
  • Basic caller ID information may be displayed from the standard caller ID service to which person 130 subscribes through his or her telephone service provider.
  • Display 140 includes photo display inset 141 , caller ID text information boxes 142, 143, 144, and 145. Boxes 142 through 145 include, for example, caller first name (142) caller last name (143), caller phone number (144) and additional information (145) such as caller email address. Edit function buttons 146 and 147 are also displayed and are managed used the set-top box remote (not shown) or manually using manual function control buttons (not shown) provided on the set-top box housing.
  • Any customized caller ID information (beyond basic information provided by the service provider) is obtained from the set- top box, or other device, storage media using the caller ID information from the service provider to map information pre-selected by person 130 and associated with the caller to display in enhanced display 140.
  • person 130 may use edit functions accessed by button 146 to pull up a menu on screen 1 15 that allows person 130 to navigate through one or more databases accessible by storage media devicel 20, such as a set-top box or game console, to add select information about the caller to the various fields 142-145 of display 140.
  • fields 142-145 are purely illustrative in content and number, and that embodiments of the present invention provide more or fewer information fields, and the amount of information contained in each field, to which person 130 may add as much or as little information about the caller as desired. Certain embodiments provide for person 130 to add or delete fields, or change the amount of information in each field, as desired within the resolution and space constraints of screen 1 15.
  • Button 147 provides, for example, a cancel function to clear the caller ID display from the display screen.
  • television 1 10 continues to display the programming being viewed prior to the incoming call by virtue of picture-in-picture capability, or other analogous technology, supported by STB 120 or television 1 10 for uninterrupted viewing during the phone call.
  • FIG. 2 is ⁇ schematic drawing of a detail of a caller ID display of Figure 1.
  • Display 140 provides text information fields that show, for example, the caller's first name 142, last name 143, telephone number 144, and additional information 145, such as the name of the caller's spouse.
  • Optionally selectable Edit button 146 provides edit capability to edit the information, including but not limited to an image, to be displayed. Button 146 opens a menu (not shown) to access additional information to include in display 140. Save functions (not shown) allow the call recipient to save edited information in storage media device 120 after editing the information and the menu is closed.
  • Optionally selectable Cancel button 147 clears display 140 from the TV screen.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic drawing of an exemplary image database for selecting an image for display in an exemplary embodiment of an enhanced Caller ID system of the present invention.
  • Database 130 provides a variety of images 320 that a user can select for display. Images 320 may be provided from a variety of sources, such as an electronic address book, a digital camera, a camera phone, a hard drive, a floppy disk or CD-ROM or other electronic storage medium, a PDA (including BlackBerryTM-type devices), an email attachment, a network server, an online source, the world wide web, or any source for an electronic image within the constraints of space and resolution of the invention.
  • sources such as an electronic address book, a digital camera, a camera phone, a hard drive, a floppy disk or CD-ROM or other electronic storage medium, a PDA (including BlackBerryTM-type devices), an email attachment, a network server, an online source, the world wide web, or any source for an electronic image within the constraints of space and resolution of the invention.
  • sources such as an electronic address book
  • Database 310 is accessed by activating optionally selectable Edit button 146 from display 140 and navigating through the accessible databases to bring up an image database.
  • An image 330 is selected by a user and added to display 140 in field 141 by activating Add button 340.
  • Database display 310 is closed by activating Cancel button 350 to exit without editing or without saving any edit.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic drawing of a specific exemplary embodiment of an enhanced caller ID solution of Figure 1 showing a call recipient-selected image associated with the caller in a display field of the invention.
  • Display field 141 contains image 330, which was either pre-selected by the call recipient or was selected using the edit function of display 140 when display 140 was presented in connection with an incoming call from the caller.
  • the present invention further provides embodiments that allow the user to display a wide variety of personal information about the caller.
  • Edit function 146 provides access to any data accessible through an electronic database and allows the call recipient to associate such data with the caller's Caller ID for display on a caller ID display screen.
  • Caller personal information for the purposes of this disclosure includes, but is not limited to, the name of the caller's spouse, the genders and names of the caller's children, the caller's email address, the caller's business contact information, the caller's residential or business address, the species and names of the caller's pets, the caller's website URL, the caller's relationship to the call recipient (such as familial relationship, if any), and the caller's gender and marital status.
  • the present invention contemplates enhanced caller ID display on a display screen of a communications terminal such as a cell phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) including BlackBerry ® - type devices, a personal computer, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and so forth.
  • a communications terminal such as a cell phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) including BlackBerry ® - type devices, a personal computer, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and so forth.
  • PDA Personal Digital Assistant
  • VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
  • IPTV Internet Protocol Television
  • FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the form of a computer system 600 within which a set of instructions, when executed, may cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.
  • the machine operates as a standalone device.
  • the machine may be connected (e.g., using a network) to other machines.
  • the machine may operate in the capacity of a server or a client user machine in server-client user network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment.
  • the machine may comprise a server computer, ⁇ client user computer, ⁇ personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a set- top box (STB), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, a mobile device, a palmtop computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a personal digital assistant, a communications device, a wireless telephone, a land-line telephone, a control system, a camera, a scanner, a facsimile machine, a printer, a pager, a personal trusted device, a web appliance, a network router, switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine.
  • PC personal computer
  • PDA Personal Digital Assistant
  • a device of the present invention includes broadly any electronic device that provides voice, video or data communication. Further, while a single machine is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include any collection of machines that individually or jointly execute a set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.
  • the computer system 500 may include a processor 502
  • the computer system 500 may further include a video display unit 510 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a flat panel, a solid state display, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)).
  • the computer system 500 may include an input device 512 (e.g., ⁇ keyboard), a cursor control device 514 (e.g., a mouse), a disk drive unit 516, a signal generation device 518 (e.g., a speaker or remote control) and a network interface device 520.
  • a video display unit 510 e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a flat panel, a solid state display, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)
  • the computer system 500 may include an input device 512 (e.g., ⁇ keyboard), a cursor control device 514 (e.g., a mouse), a disk drive unit 516, a signal generation device 518 (e.g., a speaker or remote control) and
  • the disk drive unit 516 may include a machine-readable medium 522 on which is stored one or more sets of instructions (e.g., software 524) embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein, including those methods illustrated in herein above.
  • the instructions 524 may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 504, the static memory 506, and/or within the processor 502 during execution thereof by the computer system 500.
  • the main memory 504 and the processor 502 also may constitute machine-readable media.
  • Dedicated hardware implementations including, but not limited to, application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays and other hardware devices can likewise be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
  • Applications that may include the apparatus and systems of various embodiments broadly include a variety of electronic and computer systems. Some embodiments implement functions in two or more specific interconnected hardware modules or devices with related control and data signals communicated between and through the modules, or as portions of an application-specific integrated circuit.
  • the example system is applicable to software, firmware, and hardware implementations.
  • the methods described herein are intended for operation as software programs running on a computer processor.
  • software implementations can include, but not limited to, distributed processing or component/object distributed processing, parallel processing, or virtual machine processing can also be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
  • the present invention contemplates a machine readable medium containing instructions 524, or that which receives and executes instructions 524 from a propagated signal so that a device connected to a network environment 526 can send or receive voice, video or data, and to communicate over the network 526 using the instructions 524.
  • the instructions 524 may further be transmitted or received over a network 526 via the network interface device 520.
  • the machine-readable medium 522 is shown in an example embodiment to be a single medium, the term "machine- readable medium" should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets of instructions.
  • machine-readable medium shall also be taken to include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying a set of instructions for execution by the machine and that cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the present invention.
  • the term “machine-readable medium” shall accordingly be taken to include, but not be limited to: solid-state memories such as a memory card or other package that houses one or more read-only (non-volatile) memories, random access memories, or other re-writable (volatile) memories; magneto-optical or optical medium such as a disk or tape; and carrier wave signals such as a signal embodying computer instructions in a transmission medium; and/or a digital file attachment to e-mail or other self-contained information archive or set of archives is considered a distribution medium equivalent to a tangible storage medium. Accordingly, the invention is considered to include any one or more of a machine- readable medium or a distribution medium, as listed herein and including art-recognized equivalents and successor media, in which the software
  • the methods described herein are intended for operation as software programs running on a computer processor.
  • Dedicated hardware implementations including but not limited to, application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays and other hardware devices can likewise be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
  • alternative software implementations including, but not limited to, distributed processing or component/object distributed processing, parallel processing, or virtual machine processing can also be constructed to implement the methods described herein.
  • a tangible storage medium such as: a magnetic medium such as a disk or tape; a magneto-optical or optical medium such as a disk; or a solid state medium such as a memory card or other package that houses one or more read-only (non-volatile) memories, random access memories, or other re-writable (volatile) memories.
  • a digital file attachment to e-mail or other self-contained information archive or set of archives is considered a distribution medium equivalent to a tangible storage medium.
  • the invention is considered to include a tangible storage medium or distribution medium, including but not limited to ⁇ propagated signal, as listed herein and including art- recognized equivalents and successor media, in which the software implementations herein are stored.
  • MRM machine-readable media
  • a programmable machine such as a computer.
  • MRM is broadly defined to include any kind of computer memory such as floppy disks, conventional hard disks, CD-ROMs, Flash ROMS, nonvolatile ROM, RAM, Storage Media, email attachments, solid state media, magnetic media, and signals containing instructions, together with processors to execute the instructions.
  • the invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments. It is understood, however, that the words that have been used are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation.

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Selon l'invention, une fonctionnalité d'affichage d'ID d'appelant améliorée est liée à une photo ou à une image et/ou à un carnet d'adresses ou à d'autres informations sous forme de base de données associées à l'appelant par le destinataire de l'appel pour assurer un affichage d'ID d'appelant plus riche. Les informations d'ID d'appelant améliorées sont affichées sur le téléviseur du destinataire de l'appel, par exemple un décodeur télévisuel. Avantageusement, le destinataire de l'appel sélectionne les informations à associer à l'appelant. Cela présente un avantage puisque c'est le destinataire qui est le plus susceptible de connaître quelles informations, y compris quelle(s) image(s), sont les plus utiles au destinataire par rapport à l'appelant.
PCT/US2006/028237 2006-07-21 2006-07-21 Id d'appelant amélioré doté d'un affichage d'informations d'appelant sélectionnées par le destinataire WO2008010803A1 (fr)

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