Flash caller ID for roaming

• US 20060135213A1
• Filed: 10/12/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Original Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Inventors: Jiang, Yue Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,430 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: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and apparati for presenting and displaying caller-identifying information to outbound roamers using means outside of the visited network'"'"'s facility, or communications channels outside of the call path.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying information about a calling party to a called party comprising:

a telecommunications subscriber, subscribing to a home network;

a mobile station of the subscriber present in a visited network;

a call placed to that mobile station;

a first path for providing that call;

a second path for providing information about the calling party; and

an element for presenting that information via that second path whenever a call is presented for processing by that home network.

2. A method for displaying information about a calling party to a called party'"'"'s mobile station connected to a first network other than the called party'"'"'s home network comprising:

a. capturing information about that calling party, said capturing occurring outside of that first network;

b. receiving that information at that handset via a path other than the path of the incoming call; and

c. displaying that information at that handset.