Call notification system, method, computer program and advertising method

• US 20060262924A1
• Filed: 02/08/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Ellis, Matthew Karas, Simon Waterfall, Toby Russell Constantine, Tom Weiss
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Ellis, Matthew Karas, Simon Waterfall, Toby Russell Constantine, Tom Weiss
• Inventors: Waterfall, Simon, Constantine, Toby Russell, Ellis, Jonathan, Karas, Matthew, Weiss, Tom
• Granted Patent: US 7,864,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/413.10
• 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 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 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

A call notification system method, computer program and advertising method are disclosed. A call notification is generated at a recipient system (2) in response to receipt of initiation data on a call from an originating system (3). At least aspects of the call notification are controllable by the originating system (3).

Claims

1. A call notification system arranged to generate a call notification at a recipient system in response to receipt of initiation data on a call from an originating system, wherein at least aspects of the call notification are controllable by the originating system.

2. A call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the originating system is one of:

a mobile telephone, an application running on a computer, an IP telephony client, a fixed line telephone, a video phone, or a teleconferencing system.

3. A call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the recipient system is one of:

a mobile telephone, an application running on a computer, an IP telephony client, a fixed line telephone, a video phone, or a teleconferencing system.

4. A call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the initiation data is arranged to trigger the recipient system to obtain call notification data for using in generating the call notification.

5. A call notification system according to claim 4, wherein the recipient system is arranged to open a separate connection to the originating system to obtain the call notification data from the originating system.

6. A call notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a remote repository arranged to store call notification data associated with the originating system, at least one of the recipient system and the originating system being arranged to obtain call notification data associated with the originating system from the remote repository for generating the call notification data.

7. A call notification system according to claim 6, wherein the remote repository further comprises a user interface operative to accept call notification data and/or selections from a user of an originating system and store the call notification data and/or selections associated with the originating system.

8. A call notification system according to claim 6, wherein the originating system is arranged to provide call notification data to the remote repository for each call initiated.

9. A call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the initiation data includes one or more of:

call notification data, encoded call notification data, a link to call notification data or a unique identifier referencing call data stored at a predetermined location, the recipient system being arranged to generate the call notification in dependence on the call notification data.

10. A call notification system according to claim 2, wherein the call notification data includes one or more of:

a ringtone, a link to call notification data, a definition of the call notification to be generated at the recipient system, an image contact data, instructions on an action to be taken by the recipient system, a reference to a source from which data must be obtained, instructions on how to generate at least aspects of the call notification, or data requiring encoding, decoding, translating or rendering by the recipient system prior to output.

11. A call notification system according to claim 1, wherein the recipient system is arranged to store at least aspects of the call notification on demand.

12. A method of generating call notifications comprising:

receiving of initiation data on a call from an originating system at a recipient system; and

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generating a call notification at the recipient system, wherein at least aspects of the call notification are predetermined by the originating system.

13. A method according to claim 12, further comprising obtaining call notification data at the recipient system for use in generating the call notification.

14. A method according to claim 13, further comprising opening a separate connection from the recipient system to the originating system and obtaining the call notification data from the originating system.

15. A method according to claim 13, further comprising:

storing call notification data in a remote repository; and

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at least one of the recipient system and the originating system obtaining the call notification data associated with the originating system from the remote repository.

16. A method according to claim 15, further comprising providing call notification data to the remote repository from the originating system for each call initiated.

17. A method according to claim 13, wherein the call notification data includes one or more of:

a ringtone, a link to call notification data, a definition of call notification data to be generated at the recipient system, an image contact data, instructions on an action to be taken by the recipient system, a reference to a source from which data must be obtained, instructions on how to generate at least aspects of the call notification, or data requiring encoding, decoding, translating or rendering by the recipient system prior to output.

18. A method according to claim 12, further comprising storing at least aspects of the call notification on demand at the recipient system.

19. A computer program carrier encoding computer program code for:

generating a call notification at a recipient system in response to receipt of initiation data on a call from an originating system, wherein at least aspects of the call notification are controllable by the originating system.

20. A method of advertising goods or services comprising:

generating a call notification at a recipient system in response to receipt of initiation data on a call from an originating system, wherein at least aspects of the call notification advertise the goods or services; and

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connecting a call from a representative of the goods or services to the recipient system in the event of acceptance of the call notification at the recipient system.