Telephone call log email

• US 20060215823A1
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Inventors: Gruchala, Carol Shifrin, Pearson, Larry B., Stroud, Kenneth Robert, Ebel, Richard John, Doherty, James M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,580,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.240
• 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: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service

Abstract

Call logs are generated based upon calls from a subscriber line and calls to a subscriber line. The call logs are formatted from Generic Data Interface (GDI) messages into an email format (e.g., SMTP) within a call log gateway. The formatted email is then emailed to an email recipient, which can include a messaging service provider or the subscriber himself. The email address to the recipient is determined by the call log gateway based upon the subscriber'"'"'s identity.

Claims

1. A system for emailing outgoing call log data associated with a telephone call from a subscriber'"'"'s telephone, the system comprising:

a service control point that obtains call log information; and

a call log gateway that receives the call log information from the service control point, the call log gateway formatting the information into an email format and then forwarding an email to a recipient.

2. The system of claim 1, in which the recipient comprises an individual subscriber.

3. The system of claim 1, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the call log gateway receives an InvokeApp message and formats the InvokeApp into an SMTP format.

5. The system of claim 1, in which the formatting comprises placing a calling party number in a from line of the email, the calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email.

6. A system for emailing incoming call log data associated with a telephone call to a subscriber'"'"'s telephone, the system comprising:

a service control point that obtains call log information; and

a call log gateway that receives the call log information from the service control point, the call log gateway formatting the information into an email format and then forwarding an email to a recipient.

7. The system of claim 6 in which the call log gateway receives an InvokeApp message and formats the InvokeApp into an SMTP format.

8. The system of claim 6, in which the formatting comprises placing a calling party number in a from line of the email, the calling party number and a called party in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email.

9. A method for emailing outgoing call log data associated with a telephone call from a subscriber'"'"'s telephone, the method comprising:

obtaining call log information;

formatting the call log information into an email format by placing a calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of an email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email; and

forwarding the email to a recipient.

10. The method of claim 9, in which the recipient comprises an individual subscriber.

11. The method of claim 9, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving an Invoke App message before formatting.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining an email address of the recipient based upon the calling party number.

14. A method for emailing incoming call log data associated with a telephone call to a subscriber'"'"'s telephone, the method comprising:

obtaining call log information;

formatting the call log information into an email format by placing a calling party number and a calling party name in a from line of an email, the calling party number, the calling party name, and a called party number in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email; and

forwarding the email to a recipient.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining an email address of the recipient based upon the called party number.

16. A computer readable medium storing a program for emailing outgoing call log data associated with an outgoing telephone call from a subscriber'"'"'s telephone and incoming call log data associated with an incoming telephone call to the subscriber'"'"'s telephone, the medium comprising:

an obtaining code segment that obtains call log information;

a formatting code segment that formats the call log information into an email format by placing a calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of an email, and a time of the outgoing call in a message body of the email, for outgoing calls; and

placing the calling party number and the calling party name in the from line of the email, the calling party number, the calling party name, and the called party number in the subject line of the email, and a time of the incoming call in a message body of the email, for incoming calls; and

a forwarding code segment that forwards the email to a recipient.

17. The medium of claim 16, in which the recipient comprises an individual subscriber.

18. The medium of claim 16, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

19. The medium of claim 16 further comprising a receiving code segment that receives an InvokeApp message before the program begins formatting.

20. The medium of claim 16, further comprising an address determining code segment that determines an identifier based upon the subscriber, and determines an email address of the recipient and email address of a reply to address based upon the identifier, the email addresses having been previously associated with the identifier.