Remote caller identification (ID) device

• US 20040176142A1
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IOT Consortium of Plano Texas, LLC
• Original Assignee: Steven Thrasher
• Inventors: Thrasher, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 7,286,799 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

The present invention provides technical advantages as systems, devices and methods that enable a person to remotely identify the origin of an incoming call.

Claims

1. An apparatus that displays telephony information, comprising:

a short range radio link chip;

a microcontroller coupled to the chip;

a display coupled to the microcontroller; and

memory coupled with the microcontroller, the memory comprising computer code that enables a method of displaying telephony information on a short range radio link apparatus, the method comprising

wirelessly receiving telephony information via a short range radio link at a short range radio link apparatus,

selecting at least a portion of the telephony information as selected information for display, and

displaying the selected information on the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the short range radio link is a Bluetooth radio link.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a housing adapted to couple to a surface.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus comprises a motor vehicle dashboard.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is not adapted to process or broadcast an audio signal portion.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises ignoring any audio signal portion of the short range radio link.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus does not comprise an audio transceiver.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein telephony information does not include an audio signal portion.

20. The of claim 1 wherein the telephony information comprises call status information.

9. A method of displaying telephony information on a short range radio link apparatus, comprising:

receiving telephony information at a telephony apparatus via a telecommunications link;

transmitting the telephony information via a short range radio link;

wirelessly receiving telephony information via the short range radio link at a short range radio link telephony information display apparatus;

selecting at least a portion of the telephony information as selected information for display; and

displaying the selected information on the short range radio link telephony information display apparatus.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the short range radio link comprises a Bluetooth standard link.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the telephony information comprises a caller identification information.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the telecommunications link is a cellular telecommunications link.

13. A method for identifying the origin of an incoming telecommunications call, comprising:

wirelessly receiving a telephony information via a short range radio link at a short range radio link apparatus;

selecting at least a portion of the telephony information as selected information for display; and

displaying the selected information.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the short range radio link comprises a Bluetooth standard link.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the telephony information comprises a caller identification information.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein displaying comprises displaying the phone number assigned to the incoming call telephony information.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising first receiving the telephony information at a wireless telephony apparatus.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the wireless telephony apparatus is a mobile phone.

19. The method of claim 13 further comprising detecting the telephony information, and selecting at least a portion of the telephony information for transmission, while ignoring any audio signal portion.