System and method for placing an inbound wireless call in context and wireless communication device incorporating the same

• US 20050245244A1
• Filed: 05/03/2004
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Estevez, Leonardo W., Panasik, Carl M.
• Application Number:
  US10/837,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20050245244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• 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 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

A system for, and method of, placing an inbound wireless call in context and a wireless communication device incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a calling party identifier resident within a wireless communication device and configured to make an identification of a calling party associated with the inbound wireless call and (2) a user data retriever resident within the wireless communication device and configured to respond to the identification by retrieving user data associated with the calling party from a database and displaying the user data on a display of the wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A system for placing an inbound wireless call in context, comprising:

a calling party identifier resident within a wireless communication device and configured to make an identification of a calling party associated with said inbound wireless call; and

a user data retriever resident within said wireless communication device and configured to respond to said identification by retrieving user data associated with said calling party from a database and displaying said user data on a display of said wireless communication device.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said database is resident within said wireless communication device.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said database is synchronizable with a central database external to said wireless communication device.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said identification is a telephone number of said calling party.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said user data is selected from the group consisting of:

calendar data,

personal data, and

business transaction data.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said user data retriever retrieves said user data before said inbound wireless call is completed.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said wireless communication device is a wireless telephone.

8. A method of placing an inbound wireless call in context, comprising:

making an identification of a calling party associated with said inbound wireless call with a calling party identifier resident within a wireless communication device;

responding to said identification by retrieving user data associated with said calling party from a database with a user data retriever resident within said wireless communication device; and

displaying said user data on a display of said wireless communication device.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said database is resident within said wireless communication device.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising synchronizing said database with a central database external to said wireless communication device.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said identification is a telephone number of said calling party.

12. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said user data is selected from the group consisting of:

calendar data,

personal data, and

business transaction data.

13. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said retrieving is performed before said inbound wireless call is completed.

14. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said wireless communication device is a wireless telephone.

15. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a body;

a keypad coupled to said body;

a display coupled to said body and said keypad; and

a processor located within said body, coupled to said keypad and said display and containing a system for placing an inbound wireless call in context, including;

a calling party identifier that makes an identification of a calling party associated with said inbound wireless call, and

a user data retriever that responds to said identification by retrieving user data associated with said calling party from a database and displaying said user data on said display.

16. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said database is located in a memory resident within said wireless communication device.

17. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said database is synchronizable with a central database external to said wireless communication device.

18. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said identification is a telephone number of said calling party.

19. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said user data is selected from the group consisting of:

calendar data,

personal data, and

business transaction data.

20. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said user data retriever retrieves said user data before said inbound wireless call is completed.

21. The wireless communication device as recited in claim 15 wherein said wireless communication device is a wireless telephone.