IP-enabled information delivery

• US 10,397,399 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: First Orion Corporation
• Original Assignee: Accudata Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Martino, Monica Rose, Cleghorn, Taylor
• Primary Examiner(s): Renner, Brandon M
• Application Number:
  US15/883,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20180159976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for providing Internet protocol enabled information delivery are provided. Information from a calling party is received at an Internet protocol enabled device. A lookup of information relating to the calling party is performed in a database via an Internet protocol connection. A message is received from the database comprising information relating to the calling party.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by an Internet Protocol enabled device, a query for information relating to a calling party to a database based on an Automatic Number Identification (ANI)-related identifier of the calling party;

downloading, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, a software program when a download is necessary for the Internet Protocol enabled device to recognize the identifier;

detecting, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, that information related to the software program download has been changed; and

sending a query for updated information to the database.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving an identifier, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, of a called party.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising determining, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, whether a called number is a paying subscriber by verifying with a database or a Website, wherein if the called number is not a paying subscriber then forgoing downloading, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, the software program.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising receiving a message from the database, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, comprising information relating to the calling party.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

determining, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, whether the identifier is located in the database;

returning, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, information from the database relating to the calling party if the identifier is located in the database; and

not returning, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, information from the database relating to the calling party if the identifier is not located in the database.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of:

matching the identifier of the calling party against a plurality of identifiers stored in the Internet Protocol enabled device by said device; and

retrieving information relating to the calling party by the Internet Protocol enabled device when a match exists.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is at least one of a calling name database and another database.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, the information relating to the calling party on a display of the Internet Protocol enabled device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the calling party comprises at least one of a telephone number of the calling party, a name, a city, a state, an address, a photo, a video, a text, a hyperlink, and any other information that can be sent via the Internet Protocol connection.

10. A system, comprising:

at least one Internet Protocol enabled device; and

at least one database configured to store at least one of;

information relating to a calling party and a software program to identify the calling party, wherein the at least one database is communicably coupled to the at least one Internet Protocol enabled device;

wherein the at least one called Internet Protocol enabled device is configured to;

send a query for information relating to the calling party to the database based on an Automatic Number Identification (ANI)-related identifier of the calling party;

download, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, a software program when a download is necessary for the Internet Protocol enabled device to recognize the identifier;

detect, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, that information related to the software program download has been changed; and

send a query for updated information to the database.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one Internet Protocol enabled device is configured to perform a lookup of information relating to the calling party.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one Internet Protocol enabled device is further configured to determine whether the identifier is located in the database, return information from the database relating to the calling party when the identifier is located in the database, and not return information from the database relating to the calling party if the identifier is not located in the database.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one Internet Protocol enabled device is further configured to match the identifier of the calling party against a plurality of identifiers stored in the Internet Protocol enabled device, and retrieve information relating to the calling party from the Internet Protocol enabled device when a match exists.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one database is at least one of a calling name database and another database.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one Internet Protocol enabled device is further configured to display the information relating to the calling party on a display of the Internet Protocol enabled device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the information relating to the calling party comprises at least one of a telephone number of the calling party, a name, a city, a state, an address, a photo, a video, a text, a hyperlink, and any other information that can be sent via the Internet Protocol connection.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

sending, by an Internet Protocol enabled device, a query for information relating to a calling party to a database based on an Automatic Number Identification (ANI)-related identifier of the calling party;

downloading, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, a software program when a download is necessary for the Internet Protocol enabled device to recognize the identifier;

detecting, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, that information related to the software program download has been changed; and

sending a query for updated information to the database.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 comprising instructions for receiving a message from the database, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, comprising information relating to the calling party.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 comprising instructions for:

determining whether the identifier is located in the database;

returning information from the database relating to the calling party when the identifier is located in the database; and

not returning, by the Internet Protocol enabled device, information from the database relating to the calling party if the identifier is not located in the database.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 comprising instructions for displaying the information relating to the calling party on a display of the Internet Protocol enabled device.