SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BROADBAND NOTIFICATION

• US 20100189231A1
• Filed: 01/29/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Emerson, David, LaFreniere, Gary W., Goergen, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,407,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for providing, among other things, local calling name caller identification to a broadband phone, personalized user-specified actions associated with a plurality of users based on an incoming caller identification number to a broadband phone, and remote access to locally stored data on a broadband phone.

Claims

1. A method for providing broadband notification, the method comprising:

receiving, at a broadband phone, a caller identification number associated with an incoming call;

querying an address book to determine a calling name associated with the caller identification number;

responsive to identifying the calling name associated with the caller identification number, presenting the calling name and the calling identification number on a display screen associated with the broadband phone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the address book is locally stored on the broadband phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the address book is a network address book accessible by the broadband phone.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying a plurality of address books, wherein each address book is associated with a unique person.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

responsive to a determination that the incoming call is not answered within a specified period, identifying the unique person associated with an address book containing an entry for the caller identification number;

retrieving user preferences associated with the unique person; and

performing an action based on the user preferences associated with the unique person.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the action includes sending an e-mail to a user-specified e-mail address associated with the unique person.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein action includes sending a text message to a user-specified device associated with the unique person.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the user preferences associated with the unique person may be set differently for each caller identification number.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the user preferences associated with the unique person may be time based.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to identifying a caller identification number associated with a black listed number, automatically forwarding the call to voicemail.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the broadband phone, a calling number associated with an outgoing call;

querying a user-specified list to determine whether the calling number is on the user-specified list; and

responsive to a determination that the calling number is on the user-specified list;

performing a user-specified action.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user-specified action includes logging a time, a date, and a duration of the outgoing call on a call log locally stored on the broadband phone.

13. A method for providing remote access to a broadband phone, the method comprising:

receiving, at a broadband phone, a user request to access data stored on the broadband phone, wherein a user accesses a web site via a web enabled device to initiate the user request;

requesting authorization credentials from the user associated with the user request;

responsive to receiving the authorization credentials, verifying the authorization credentials; and

responsive to the authorization credentials being verified, transmitting an access indicator to the web site, wherein the web site displays a user interface that includes features for enabling the user to retrieve and modify the data stored on the broadband phone.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user interface includes a feature that enables the user to place an outbound call through the broadband phone.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the user interface includes a feature that enables the user to retrieve locally stored voicemails associated with the broadband phone.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the user interface includes a feature that notifies the user of an incoming call and enables the user to remotely answer the incoming call.

17. A broadband phone comprising:

a broadband interface for communicating data between the broadband phone and one or more communication devices;

an audio codec for coding and decoding voice data;

a processor for processing computer executable instructions associated with functions of the broadband phone; and

a caller identification generator module for identifying a calling name associated with a caller identification number from one or more address books and for presenting the calling name and the caller identification number on a display screen associated with the broadband phone.

18. The broadband phone of claim 17, further comprising:

a notification module for notifying a person associated with an address book containing an entry matching the caller identification number of a missed call from the caller identification number.

19. The broadband phone of claim 17, further comprising:

a remote access module for authorizing a user using a web enabled device to access the data stored on the broadband phone.

20. The broadband phone of claim 17, further comprising:

an outbound call monitoring module for monitoring outbound calls placed using the broadband phone and for notifying a particular user of an outbound call placed to a user-specified number.