Method for presenting additional information about a telecommunication user

• US 20090086939A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chatterjee, Koushik
• Granted Patent: US 8,681,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.30
• 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 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

A method and system for presenting additional information about a user are provided. The user may be a calling party or a called party. A request for information in addition to the information normally contained in the caller ID may be constructed and sent to a repository of additional information that returns the additional information. If the user is a calling party, the additional information may be presented on the called party'"'"'s communication device. If the user is a called party, the additional information may be presented on the calling party'"'"'s communication device. A system including the repository may receive the request. An authoring and editing component of the system may allow the user or others to edit the additional information about the user. The system may select and send the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type of the requestor.

Claims

1. A method for receiving additional information about a user, the method comprising:

identifying the user using a caller ID, the user being a calling party in a telecommunication call;

constructing a request for information about the user in addition to the information contained in the caller ID, the information forming additional information;

sending the request to a repository of the additional information;

receiving, responsive to the request, the additional information about the user from the repository; and

presenting the additional information about the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the additional information includes:

displaying the additional information; and

determining whether a part of the additional information is static or dynamic.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if static additional information about the user is available locally;

constructing the request such that the request is a request for dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is available locally,

receiving dynamic additional information responsive to the request; and

combining the static additional information and dynamic information.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an update for the static additional information; and

updating the static additional information.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sending a request for updated static additional information for a plurality of users;

receiving for the plurality of users, one of an incremental update of the static additional information and a complete updated static additional information; and

updating the static additional information for the plurality of users.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

constructing the request such that the request is a request for static additional information and dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is not available locally;

receiving static additional information responsive to the request; and

saving the static additional information locally.

7. A method for receiving additional information about a user, the method comprising:

identifying the user, wherein the user a called party in a telecommunication call;

constructing a request for information about the user, the information including information contained in a caller ID associated with the user and information in addition thereto, the information forming additional information;

sending the request to a repository of additional information;

receiving, responsive to the request, additional information about the user from the repository; and

presenting the additional information about the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein presenting the additional information includes:

displaying the additional information; and

determining whether a part of the additional information is static or dynamic.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining if static additional information about the user is available locally,

constructing the request such that the request is a request for dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is available locally,

receiving dynamic additional information responsive to the request; and

combining the static additional information and dynamic information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an update for the static additional information; and

updating the static additional information.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

sending a request for updated static additional information for a plurality of users;

receiving for the plurality of users, one of an incremental update of the static additional information and a complete updated static additional information; and

updating the static additional information for the plurality of users.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

constructing the request such that the request is a request for static additional information and dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is not available locally,

receiving static additional information responsive to the request; and

saving the static additional information locally.

13. A method for providing additional information about a user, the method comprising:

receiving a request for the additional information about the user,

determining an access type of the requester,

selecting the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type; and

sending the selected additional information in a response responsive to the request.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

authenticating at least one of a requester, the request, and the requestor and the request, wherein determining the access type is performed if the authenticating is successful.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the access type includes determining the access type of business.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

configuring the selected additional information according to a rule.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the rule directs one of:

marking a part of the selected additional information as one of static and dynamic,

formatting a second part of the selected additional information, and

arranging a plurality of parts of the selected additional information in an order of display.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving the request includes:

receiving an indication that the request is for one of dynamic additional information, complete additional information, and an update of static additional information about the user.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein if the request includes the indication that the request is for dynamic additional information about the user, the response includes the dynamic additional information and the update of static additional information.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein selecting the additional information based on access type also selects additional information about the user that is to be sent irrespective of the access type.

21. A system for providing additional information about a user, comprising:

a communication component configured to receive a request from a communication device for the additional information about the user,

an authoring and editing component configured to receive instructions from the user for editing the additional information about the user, and

an authentication and access control component configured to determine an access type of the requester, the system configured to select the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type, and further configured to send the selected additional information in a response to the communication device for display thereon.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the authentication and access control component authenticates at least one of a requestor, the request, and the requestor and the request, and wherein the access type is determined if authenticating is successful.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the access type includes personal access type.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

a rules based engine configured to configure the selected additional information according to a rule.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the rule one of marks a part of the selected additional information as one of static and dynamic, formats a second part of the selected additional information, and arranges a plurality of parts of the selected additional information in an order of display.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the request includes:

an indication that the request is for one of dynamic additional information, complete additional information, and an update of static additional information about the user.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein if the request includes the indication that the request is for dynamic additional information about the user, the system is further configured to include in the response the dynamic additional information and the update of static additional information.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the system is further configured to select additional information about the user that is to be sent irrespective of the access type.

29. A system for receiving additional information about a user, comprising:

a telecommunication component configured to one of identify the user using a caller ID the user being a calling party in a telecommunication call, and identify the user the user being a called party,

a request component configured to construct a request for information about the user in addition to the information contained in the caller ID for the user, the information forming additional information, the telecommunication component further configured to send the request to a repository of the additional information and receive, responsive to the request, the additional information about the user from the repository, and

an information display component configured to present the additional information about the user.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein information display component is further configured to display the additional information, and to determine whether a part of the additional information is static or dynamic.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein,

the request component further configured to determine if static additional information about the user is available locally in a data storage, and to construct the request such that the request is a request for dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is available locally,

the telecommunication component is further configured to receive dynamic additional information responsive to the request;

and

the information display component is further configured to combine the static additional information and dynamic information.

32. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

the data storage configured to receive an update for the static additional information and to update the static additional information.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein,

the request component is further configured to construct a request for updated static additional information for a plurality of users;

the telecommunication component is further configured to send the request for updated static additional information for the plurality of users, and to receive for the plurality of users, one of an incremental update of the static additional information and a complete updated static additional information; and

the data storage further configured to update the static additional information for the plurality of users.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein,

the request component is further configured to construct the request such that the request is a request for static additional information and dynamic additional information if the static additional information about the user is not available locally,

the telecommunication component is further configured to receive static additional information responsive to the request;

and

the data storage is further configured to save the static additional information locally.