Method for using ain to deliver caller ID to text/alpha-numeric pagers as well as other wireless devices, for calls delivered to wireless network

• US 20040248560A1
• Filed: 06/18/2002
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, James C. Sr., Levine, David A., Simpson, Anita
• Granted Patent: US 7,403,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• 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 2203/551 Call history recording a computer conference H04L12/1831
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A remote call notification system for incoming calls to a wireless telecommunications device. The system includes a switch, a service control point, an intelligent server, a monitoring module, and a wireless terminating trigger used on a mobile switching center. All components are in communication with each other. The remote call notification is transmitted to a remote communication device such as a PC, an interactive pager, and a mobile phone. The call notification includes a calling number, the name of a calling party, time and date identifiers, status identifiers that provides a real-time status of the incoming communication, a disposition identifier, and a priority identifier. A remote call notification method including detecting an incoming communication to a subscriber'"'"'s wireless communication device, creating a remote call notification, assigning an access address associated with a remote communication device, and forwarding the remote call notification to the remote communication device.

Claims

1. A remote call notification system, comprising:

a switch operable for detecting an incoming communication on a communications link to a subscriber'"'"'s wireless communication device, wherein the switch is in communication with the wireless communication device by the communications link;

a service control point in communication with the switch operable for monitoring the status of the incoming communication;

an intelligent server in communication with the service control point operable for originating the remote call notification and sending the remote call notification to a remote communications device,

a module in communication with the intelligent server operable for monitoring traffic in a communications network of voice-mail platforms that serve the intelligent server service area; and

a wireless terminating trigger used on a mobile switching center.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote call notification comprises at least one of the following:

(1) a calling number associated with the incoming communication,

(2) a name of a calling party associated with the calling number,

(3) a first time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is first detected,

(4) a second time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is terminated;

(5) a length identifier that provides the length of the incoming communication,

(6) a date identifier that provides the date that the incoming communication is received,

(7) a status identifier that provides a real-time status of the incoming communication,

(8) a disposition identifier that provides a disposition of the incoming communication, and

(9) a priority identifier that indicates the importance of the incoming communication.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a compact service node operable for providing an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) or Voice Extensible Markup Language (VXML) interface for retrieving call log information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein functions of the intelligent server further comprise at least one of the following:

serving subscriber requests for the call log information, updating the module, performing administrative functions for the subscriber, returning queries for the call log information with appropriate data, and notifying the subscriber of pertinent call events according to the remote communications device specified by the subscriber.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

means for presenting the remote call notification to the remote communications device in a format, wherein the format comprises one of the following;

an audio format, a text format, a short message format, a video format, and a markup language format.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote communications device comprises one of the following:

a wireless telephone, a cellular telephone, a computer, a pager, and a personal digital assistant.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote call notification is transceived through the communications network to an access address associated with the remote communications device using wireless communication signals.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the status identifier comprises one of the following:

ringing, answered, busy, and disconnected.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the disposition identifier comprises one of the following:

new, stored, deleted, restored, and forwarded.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications network comprises one of the following:

a celestial communications network and a terrestrial communications network.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

means for scrolling through a plurality of the remote call notifications presented on the remote communications device;

means for selecting one of the remote call notifications to retrieve a communications message of the incoming communication; and

means for presenting the communications message of the incoming message on the remote communications device.

12. A remote call notification method, comprising:

detecting an incoming communication on a communications link to a subscriber'"'"'s wireless communication device;

creating a remote call notification;

assigning an access address associated with a remote communication device;

forwarding the remote call notification through a communications network to the access address associated with the remote communication device; and

presenting the remote call notification to the remote communication device in a format, wherein the format comprises one of the following;

an audio format, a text format, a short message service format, a video format, and a markup language format.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the remote call notification comprises at least one of the following:

(1) a calling number associated with the incoming communication,

(2) a name of a calling party associated with the calling number,

(3) a first time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is first detected,

(4) a second time identifier that provides the time that the incoming communication is terminated;

(5) a length identifier that provides the length of the incoming communication,

(6) a date identifier that provides the date that the incoming communication is received,

(7) a status identifier that provides a real-time status of the incoming communication,

(8) a disposition identifier that provides a disposition of the incoming communication, and

(9) a priority identifier that indicates the importance of the incoming communication.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the remote communication device comprises one of the following:

a wireless phone, a cellular phone, a computer, a pager, and a personal digital assistant.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the pager comprises an interactive pager capable of transceiving the remote call notification.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the remote call notification is transceived through the communications network to the access address associated with the remote communication device using wireless communication signals.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the status identifier comprises one of the following:

ringing, answered, busy, and disconnected.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the disposition identifier comprises one of the following:

new, stored, deleted, restored, forwarded, and system administration.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the communications network comprises one of the following:

a celestial communications network and a terrestrial communications network.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

associating the access address with a plurality of communications devices.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

scrolling through a plurality of the remote call notifications presented on the remote communication device;

selecting one of the remote call notifications to retrieve a communications message of the incoming communication; and

presenting the communications message of the incoming message on the remote communication device.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

creating a call log associated with the remote call notification; and

retrieving the call log;

wherein retrieving the call log comprises one of the following;

retrieval via a web page, retrieval via wireless, retrieval via Interactive Voice Response (IVR), and retrieval via FAX.