Method and System for Display of Information in a Communication System Gathered from External Sources

• US 20090031232A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Adam, Brezina, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 : based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 : Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 : Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 : Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0188 : Network monitoring; statistics on usage on called/calling number
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 : Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

Among other disclosures, a method may include identifying one or more of personal or public data that is related to a party in a message. The message delivered by a communication system where the personal or public data is unrelated to and otherwise inaccessible to the communication system. The method may include displaying the personal or public data upon a predetermined trigger.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying one or more of personal or public data that is related to a party in a message, the message delivered by a communication system, the personal or public data being unrelated to and otherwise inaccessible to the communication system; and

displaying the personal or public data upon a predetermined trigger.

2. The method of claim 1 where the trigger is initiating a communication with the party.

3. The method of claim 1 where the trigger is retrieving a communication in the communication system from or to the party.

4. The method of claim 1 where the personal or public data is gathered from a social network site that includes the party as a member.

5. The method of claim 1 where identifying the personal or public data includes performing a search.

6. The method of claim 5 where the search is an Internet search.

7. The method of claim 5 where the search is a local search of a device executing the communication system.

8. The method of claim 1 where identifying includes searching social network sites associated with the party.

9. The method of claim 1 where displaying includes displaying the personal or private data in a user interface along with the user interface of the communication system.

10. The method of claim 9 where displaying includes displaying the personal or private data in a profile associated with the party.

11. The method of claim 10 where the profile is displayed in a user interface along with the user interface of the communication system.

12. The method of claim 11 where the profile is displayed in a same user interface as the communication system.

13. The method of claim 1 where identifying includes identifying personal or private data unrelated to the communication system including using data selected from the group comprising a party name, email address or screen name.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying the personal or private data in an email client, web browser, or stand alone application.

15. The method of claim 1 where the personal or private data is selected from the group comprising communications with other persons, e-mail body text, e-mail meta data, e-mail header information, e-mail attachments, web search engines, people search engines, social networks, e-mail clients, instant messages, personal web pages, telephone directories, scanned business card data, text messages, picture sharing websites, video sharing websites, profile pages, telephone communications, or customer relationship management systems.

16. The method of claim 1 where the trigger is implicit and selected from the group comprising clicking on or selecting a message from the party.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling a user to interact with the displayed data.

18. The method of claim 17 where interacting includes linking the displayed data to a source of such data to enable a user interacting with the link to access source material associated with the displayed data.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling a user to configure settings that control the content and timing of the displayed data.