Method and system for providing additional information to called parties

• US 10,148,813 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: First Orion Corporation
• Original Assignee: Accudata Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: White, James N., Martino, Monica Rose, Smith, M. Gregory, Buie, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc D
• Application Number:
  US15/615,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 37914201, 37914204, 37914215, 455415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a calling party device;

a base unit device that sends information to a called party, the base unit comprises a microprocessor and a first transceiver; and

a display unit that receives the information from the base unit device and displays the information to the called party, the display unit comprises a second transceiver and a display;

wherein the microprocessor is programmed to;

receive a calling party identifier comprising an Internet Protocol address of the calling party device, from the calling party;

verify a called party name, credit card number, and a zipcode, and in response;

retrieve a calling party name and a calling party message that is intended for the called party from a database via the identifier;

provide the information comprising the calling party name and the calling party message to the display unit via the first transceiver; and

wherein the display unit;

receives the information from the base unit device via the second transceiver; and

displays the information on the display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the base unit device comprises at least one telephone port that receives the identifier of the calling party from the calling party device and send the identifier to the microprocessor.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the microprocessor provides the identifier as a lookup query to the database and send the lookup query to an Ethernet interface for delivery to an Ethernet port.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the Ethernet interface forwards the query to the Ethernet port via an Ethernet interface circuitry for delivery to the database.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the Ethernet port receives the information retrieved from the database and sends the information to the Ethernet interface via an Ethernet interface circuitry for delivery to the microprocessor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the microprocessor forwards the information to a caller ID decoder, wherein the caller ID decoder encodes the information into a format utilized by the display unit.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the caller ID decoder forwards the encoded information to one of the at least one telephone port via a telephone interface circuitry for delivery to the display unit.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the microprocessor forwards the information to the first transceiver for delivery to a first wireless antenna.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first transceiver forwards the information to the first wireless antenna via an antenna interface circuitry for delivery to the display unit.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a second wireless antenna that receives the information and forwards the information to the second transceiver via an antenna interface circuitry.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the second transceiver forwards the information to the display via an interface circuitry.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured by at least one configuration of a set of keys.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of keys comprises a “

UP”

key, a “

DN”

key, and a “

E”

key.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the “

UP”

key is configured to scroll from a message currently displayed on the liquid crystal display to a message recently received by the display unit.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the “

DN”

key is configured to scroll from a message currently displayed on the liquid crystal display to a message already received by the display unit.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the “

E”

key is configured to delete at least one of;

a message currently displayed in the liquid crystal display; and

all messages stored in a buffer if the “

E”

key is depressed for at least three seconds.

17. A system, comprising:

a display unit that displays information received from a base unit device to a called party, the display unit receives and displays at least one character and comprises a plurality of function keys;

wherein the display unit receives and displays the information comprising a calling party name and a calling party message that is intended for the called party that have been retrieved from a database by the base unit device via a calling party identifier in response to receipt of the calling party identifier from a calling party device, the calling party identifier comprising an Internet Protocol address of the calling party device, the calling party name and the calling party message retrieved in response to the display unit verifies a called party name, credit card number, and a zipcode.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the display unit displays a phone number of an incoming call, a name of a calling party, and the information comprising a date, a time, and a message.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the display unit alternates a display of the phone number, the name, and the message and a display of the date, the time and a remaining portion of the message.

20. A method, comprising:

displaying information received from a base unit device to a called party, the display unit device receiving and displaying at least one character and comprising a plurality of function keys;

wherein the information comprises a calling party name and a calling party message that is intended for the called party that have been retrieved from a database by the base unit device via a calling party identifier in response to receipt of the calling party identifier from a calling party device, the calling party identifier comprising an Internet Protocol address of the calling party device, the calling party name and the calling party message retrieved in response to the base unit device verifies a called party name, credit card number, and a zipcode.