METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR IDENTIFYING CALLERS BASED ON PARTIAL NUMBER

• US 20070189478A1
• Filed: 04/03/2007
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Palmsource Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: Lemke, Steve
• Granted Patent: US 7,852,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.10
• 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 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• 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: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include a caller identification system and method for identifying a caller with a partial phone number look-up table. The caller identification system comprises a database that stores received calls and can be personalized to include information specific to partial phone numbers. In one embodiment, the caller identification system disclosed can be integrated into a cellular phone. In this embodiment, an incoming call initiates a search in a database to retrieve information about the caller. If a match is found, the identity of the caller is displayed. When an exact match is not found, a search for a partial match is executed with wild card values and information about the partial match is displayed. Information for a partial match can be personalized or pre-programmed into the caller ID system such as the city associated with a particular area code or prefix.

Claims

1. A caller identification system comprising:

a caller identification logic unit coupled to a telephone network,

wherein said caller identification logic unit determines the caller

identification of an incoming telephone call;

a memory for storing a database comprising at feast one partial phone number and a corresponding identification;

a processor for determining if said caller identification of said

incoming telephone call matches at least one partial phone number in said database and for retrieving its associated identification.