DELIVERY OF CALLER IDENTIFICATION DATA TO A MOBILE DEVICE USING APPLICATION DIRECTED SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE

• US 20100075644A1
• Filed: 01/07/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transaction Network Services Incorporated (Trident Private Holdings I LLC)
• Original Assignee: Cequint Incorporated (Trident Private Holdings I LLC)
• Inventors: Gosselin, Mark H., Luna, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,983,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• 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 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

Caller name (CNAM) query results obtained from a traditional CNAM service are sent during call processing on a carrier network to the subscriber'"'"'s mobile handset over a Short Message Service (SMS) channel on a mobile carrier network. A call page is received at a network carrier associated with a recipient of the received call page. A caller name (CNAM) query is performed, and the result of the performed CNAM query is sent to the recipient device before sending the call page to the recipient device. The CNAM query result is displayed on a display of the recipient device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a call page at a network carrier associated with a recipient of the received call page;

performing a caller name (CNAM) query; and

sending the result of the performed CNAM query to the recipient device before sending the call page to the recipient device; and

receiving and displaying the result of the CNAM query after receipt of the call page on the receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the result comprises sending a data message to the recipient device using a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), the data message includes the result of the performed CNAM query.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying the CNAM query result on a display of the recipient device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving confirmation that the sent data message has been received; and

releasing the call page to the recipient device after receipt of the confirmation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the CNAM query comprises searching for CNAM information in a Line Information Database (LIDB) using caller identification (CID) included with the call page.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the result of the performed CNAM query on the recipient device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering out CNAM queries based on a directory of numbers already known to the receiving subscriber.

8. A system comprising:

a means for receiving a call page associated with a recipient of the received call page;

a means for performing a caller name (CNAM) query;

a means for sending the result of the performed CNAM query to the recipient device; and

a means for sending the call page to the recipient device after the result has been sent; and

a means for receiving and displaying the result of the CNAM query after receipt of the call page on the receiving device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for sending sends a data message to the recipient device using a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), the data message includes the result of the performed CNAM query.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a means for displaying the CNAM query result at the recipient device.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a means for receiving confirmation that the sent data message has been received; and

a means for releasing the call page to the recipient device after receipt of the confirmation.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for performing the CNAM query comprises a means for searching for CNAM information in a Line Information Database (LIDB) using caller identification (CID) included with the call page.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising a means for storing the result of the performed CNAM query on the recipient device.

14. A system comprising:

a terminating carrier configured to receive a call page associated with a recipient of the received call page; and

a component configured to perform a caller name (CNAM) query, send the result of the performed CNAM query to the recipient device, and instruct the terminating carrier to send the call page to the recipient device after the result has been sent; and

a receiving device configured to receive and display the result of the CNAM query after receipt of the call page.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the component sends a data message to the recipient device using a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), the data message includes the result of the performed CNAM query.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a component located on the recipient device configured to display the CNAM query result.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the component configured to perform the caller name (CNAM) query receives confirmation that the sent data message has been received, and instructs the terminating carrier to release the call page to the recipient device after receipt of the confirmation.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the component configured to perform the caller name (CNAM) query comprises a Line Information Database (LIDB) that includes CNAM information.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a component located on the recipient device configured to store the result of the performed CNAM query on the recipient device.