System and method of providing social caller id and caller rating on web calls
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating web calling by a caller, comprising:
- searching one or more social media network sites for information associated with a callee;
in response to finding a first web page on a first social media site associated with the callee, providing an interface whereby the callee can associate at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile provided by the first social media site with the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address; and
embedding a link for the callee, with the aspect of the calle'"'"'s profile, into the first web page associated with the callee and associated with the first social media site, the appearance of the link including the at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, such that actuation of the link by the caller initiates a web call to the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address and the caller is provided the first web page when searching for the callee.
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Abstract
A method is provided for providing caller ID for a caller. An indication is received from a social networking site on which a caller has a profile that the caller has signed into the social networking site. A request is received from the caller to place a call to a callee. The system automatically associates at least one aspect of the caller'"'"'s profile from the social networking site with the call request. The system then signals to the callee that there is a new call by displaying the call request with the at least one aspect of the caller'"'"'s profile from the social networking site. A method is also provided for enhancing a callee'"'"'s control over receiving a call. A method is also provided for facilitating web calling by a caller.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating web calling by a caller, comprising:
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searching one or more social media network sites for information associated with a callee; in response to finding a first web page on a first social media site associated with the callee, providing an interface whereby the callee can associate at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile provided by the first social media site with the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address; and embedding a link for the callee, with the aspect of the calle'"'"'s profile, into the first web page associated with the callee and associated with the first social media site, the appearance of the link including the at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, such that actuation of the link by the caller initiates a web call to the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address and the caller is provided the first web page when searching for the callee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon to conduct a method of facilitating web calling by a caller, the method comprising:
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searching one or more social media network sites for information associated with a callee; in response to finding a first web page on a first social media site, providing an interface whereby the callee can associate at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile provided by the first social media site with the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address; and embedding a link for the callee, with the aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, into the first web page, associated with the callee and associated with the first social media site, wherein the appearance of the link includes the at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, such that actuation of the link by the caller initiates a web call to the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address, and the caller is provided the first web page when searching for the callee. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing system comprising:
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a memory; a processor in communication with the memory, the processor to search one or more social media network sites for information associated with a callee; in response to finding a first web page on a first social media site, provide an interface whereby the callee can associate at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile provided by the first social media site with the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address; and embed a link for the callee, with the aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, into the web page, associated with the callee and associated with the first social media site, the appearance of the link including the at least one aspect of the callee'"'"'s profile, such that actuation of the link by a caller initiates a web call to the callee'"'"'s phone number or calling address, wherein the caller is provided the first web page when searching for the callee. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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