System and method of serving data messages

• US 20050249216A1
• Filed: 07/08/2005
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F Poszat Hu LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: LongBoard, Inc.
• Inventors: Jones, Clifton T.
• Granted Patent: US 7,907,612 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/392
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• 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

Abstract

A system and method of serving text-based data messages to a caller identification (caller ID) system in a telecommunications network environment may overwrite source-specific information in a selected data packet header field with text-based message data. A protocol translator may enable text data to be served to a caller ID system used in conjunction with a plain old telephone service (POTS) telephone as well as with a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device. Text messages addressed and routed to a caller ID enabled device may be displayed on the caller ID display.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A method of serving text-based data messages to a caller identification system in a telecommunications network;

the method comprising;

receiving a data packet comprising message data and a header field containing source-specific information identifying a source of the data packet;

identifying one or more intended recipients of the data packet;

overwriting the source-specific information in the header field with the message data.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

forwarding the data packet to the one or more intended recipients.

31. The method of claim 30 further comprising selectively translating the data packet into a protocol recognized by the one or more intended recipients.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the forwarding is further in accordance with the translating.

33. The method of claim 32 further comprising:

determining whether receipt notification has been requested by the source; and

responsive to the determining, selectively repeating the forwarding.

34. The method of claim 29 wherein the receiving and the identifying include parsing at least part of the data packet.

35. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

displaying the message data on a caller identification system display associated with each of the one or more intended recipients.

36. The method of claim 29 wherein at least part of the telecommunications network is operative in accordance with Session Initiation Protocol.

37. A message system serving text-based data messages to a caller identification system in a telecommunications network;

the message system comprising;

a message receiver operative to receive a data packet comprising message data and a header field containing source-specific information identifying a source of the data packet; and

a header field modifier operative to overwrite the source-specific information in the header field with the message data.

38. The message system of claim 37 further comprising:

a message router operative to route the data packet, modified by the header field modifier, to one or more intended recipients.

39. The message system of claim 37 wherein the message receiver and the header field modifier are incorporated into a network access device.

40. The message system of claim 39 wherein the and the message router is incorporated into the network access device.

41. The message system of claim 37 wherein the message receiver and the header field modifier are incorporated into a computer server.

42. The message system of claim 41 wherein the and the message router is incorporated into the computer server.

43. The message system of claim 37 further comprising a protocol translator operative to translate the data packet into a protocol recognized by the one or more intended recipients.

44. The message system of claim 43 wherein the protocol translator is an integrated access device.

45. The message system of claim 44 wherein the protocol translator allows Session Initiation Protocol data packets to be translated into a protocol recognized by a public-switched telephone network device.

46. A method of serving text-based data messages;

the method comprising;

providing a data packet comprising message data, a source header field containing source-specific information related to a source of the data packet, and a recipient header field containing recipient-specific information related to one or more intended recipients of the data packet;

overwriting the source-specific information with the message data; and

creating a modified data packet in accordance with the overwriting.

47. The message of claim 46 further comprising:

forwarding the modified data packet.

48. The method of claim 46 further comprising translating the modified data packet into a protocol recognized by the one or more intended recipients.

49. The method of claim 47 further comprising selectively repeating the forwarding to ones of the one or more intended recipients.

51. The method of claim 47 further comprising displaying the message data on a caller identification system display associated with each of the one or more intended recipients.

52. The method of claim 47 wherein at least part of the telecommunications network is operative in accordance with Session Initiation Protocol.

50. The method of claim 69 further comprising:

determining whether each of the one or more intended recipients has received the modified data packet; and

terminating the selectively repeating in accordance with the determining.

53. A communications network system comprising:

a message source operative to compose and to transmit a data packet comprising message data and a header field containing source-specific information identifying the message source;

one or more intended recipients operative to receive the data packet;

each of the one or more intended recipients having an associated display for displaying information in the header field; and

a message processor operative to create a modified data packet wherein the source-specific information in the header field is overwritten with the message data.

54. The network system of claim 53, further comprising:

a message router operative to route the modified data packet to the one or more intended recipients.

55. The network system of claim 53 wherein the message source, and the message processor are incorporated into a network access device.

56. The network system of claim 53 wherein the message source and the message processor are incorporated into a computer server.

57. The network system of claim 53 further comprising a protocol translator operative to translate the modified data packet into a protocol recognized by the one or more intended recipients.

58. The message system of claim 57 wherein the protocol translator is an integrated access device.

59. The message system of claim 57 wherein the protocol translator allows Session Initiation Protocol data packets to be translated into a protocol recognized by a public-switched telephone network device.