Systems and methods for providing configurable caller id iformation

• US 20090059818A1
• Filed: 05/16/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Inventors: Pickett, Scott K.
• Application Number:
  US12/152,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20090059818A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2896 Distributed processing, e.g. on line cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/43 with synchronous transmission, e.g. time division multiplex [TDM], slotted rings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6459 Multiplexing, e.g. TDMA, CDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6472 Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6481 Speech, voice
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1043 Gateway controllers, e.g. media gateway control protocol [MGCP] controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4053 without floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2254 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42323 : PBX's with CTI arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/51 : Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention , e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 : Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 : Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 : Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 : Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/04 : for time-division multiplexing H04Q11/0001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 : A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 : PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13377 : Recorded announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 : LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 : involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 : Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing voice communications using a computing system associated with a first user are disclosed. A communications service is provided that manages packetized voice communications between a plurality of users including the first user. A voice communications configuration software application executing on the first computing system configures a caller ID information associated with a voice communication initiated by the first user. The voice communications configuration software application controllably provides outbound caller ID information for the voice communication.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method for providing a voice communication using a first computing system associated with a first user, comprising the steps of:

providing a communications service managing packetized voice communications between a plurality of users including the first user;

providing a voice communications configuration software application executing on the first computing system, wherein the voice communications configuration software application configures a caller ID information associated with a voice communication initiated by the first user;

wherein the voice communications configuration software application controllably provides outbound caller ID information for the voice communication.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the outbound caller ID information is blank.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the caller ID information is configurable by the first user.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the caller ID information is configurable by an administrator of the communications service.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein a configuration of the caller ID information comprises an option to send a user-specified caller ID.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user-specified caller ID comprises a number.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein a configuration of the caller ID information comprises a setting for appending extension information to a default information pattern.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the first computing system comprises a personal computer.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the communications service manages voice communications between the first computing system and one or more telephony devices coupled to a circuit-switched wide area network.

11. A communication system providing voice communications to a plurality of users comprising:

at least a first bus that transfers packetized voice communications to and from one or more packet-based devices;

at least a second bus that transfers time division multiplexed voice communications to and from one or more circuit-switched devices;

wherein the communication system selectively controls voice communications to the one or more packet-based devices and the one or more circuit switched devices, wherein voice communications between packet-based devices stay in packetized form; and

a caller ID configuration software application, wherein the caller ID configuration software application controllably provides outbound caller ID information associated with the voice communications controlled by the communication system.

12. The communication system of claim 11, wherein the outbound caller ID information is specified by an outbound caller.

13. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the outbound caller ID is a number.