SMART WEB PAGES PROVISIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20100241664A1
• Filed: 03/18/2008
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dialplus Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Dialplus Incorporated
• Inventors: LeVasseur, Lisa A., Pike, Scevhur Y.
• Application Number:
  US12/741,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241664A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/779
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/254 where the visual mode comprises menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0027 Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for automatically creating enhanced content for communication devices when a voic call is established between two or more communication devices The method includes providing, to a server device in association with the communications network, the called party phone number and generating a data structure associated with the phone number, the data structure including a search criteria used to enhance information content about the called and calling party to be provided to each communication device The server device initiates, via a search tool, a web-based search for enhanced information content according to the search criteria provided by the data structure and generates, in response to the call, a web page including the enhanced content The web page including the enhanced content is communicated to each communication device

Claims

1. A system for providing enhanced content to a communication device comprising:

means for establishing a communications session for enabling a communication session between a calling party using said communication device and a called party over a communication path via a communications network, said call session established with said called party utilizing a phone number associated with said called party; and

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server means in association with said communications network for receiving dialed digits associated with said called party phone number and generating a data structure associated with said phone number, said data structure including a search criteria used to enhance information content about said called party to be provided to said communication device;

a searching means for initiating a web-based search for enhanced information content according to said search criteria provided by said data structure;

means responsive to said call for generating a web page including said enhanced content and communicating said web page including said enhanced content to said communication device, and,

browser means, at said mobile device, responsive to receipt of said web page including said enhanced content for rendering said web page for said calling party,

whereby relevant information about said called party is dynamically provided to a calling party'"'"'s communication device whether or not a voice communication between said parties is occurring or not over said communications path.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a communication device includes an agent function for providing contextual information associated with a current context of said communication device, and initiating communication of said contextual information to said server means associated with said communications network at the time said call session is established.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said generated data structure includes a search criteria including one or more key words associated with said current context of said communication device.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said generated contextual information includes context information associated with a current calling party, said generated data structure includes a search criteria including one or more key words associated with a context of said calling party.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said server means comprises:

means for assembling said data structure based upon a pre-determined template, said template used to enable population of search criteria terms for said data structure.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said called party is a business, said system further including:

means for translating said phone number of said called party into a business name and business address, said means further associating said business name and business address into a business type;

means for selecting a pre-determined template used to assemble said data structure based upon said business type.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said enhanced content provided to said communication device includes an enhanced Graphical User Interface including menu-based selections for enabling a calling party to interact with, share data with or provide data to said business or receive and view images therefrom.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said enhanced content provided to said communication device includes 3^rd party advertisements.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said communication device is a mobile device, said enhanced content provided to said mobile device including mobile applications.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said means for communicating said web page enables pushing said enhanced content to said communication device in response to a received phone call from said mobile device.

11. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said agent function enables pushing, during an established communications session, dynamically generated information from said communication device to said server means for access by a called party.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said called party is an individual, said system further including:

means for translating said phone number of said called party into a contact name, said means further associating said contact name into a social status;

means for selecting a pre-determined template used to assemble said data structure based upon said social status of said contact.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said enhanced content provided to said communication device about said contact includes one or more of:

call information, context information, images and photos, information such as a current location, a map description of the individual'"'"'s location, user'"'"'s friends and information regarding the user'"'"'s friends such as location, a relevant software application, advertisements, feeds, blogs, URLs, calendar, a user'"'"'s company/enterprise information.

14. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said search criteria includes one or more of:

a business Name, Address and Type;

a template to be populated;

mobile device GPS Coordinates, a current zip code, Audio Capture Keywords, information about a calling party'"'"'s current meetings and events, calling party preferences and calling party preferences learned over time.

15. A method for providing enhanced content to a communications device comprising:

establishing a communications session between a calling party using said communications device and a called party over a communications path via a communications network, said call session established with said called party utilizing a phone number associated with said called party; and

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providing, to a server device in association with said communications network, said called party phone number and generating a data structure associated with said phone number, said data structure including a search criteria used to enhance information content about said called party to be provided to said communications device;

initiating, via a search tool, a web-based search for enhanced information content according to said search criteria provided by said data structure;

generating, in response to said call, a web page including said enhanced content;

communicating said web page including said enhanced content to said communications device, and,

rendering, by a browser means at said communication device, said web page for said calling party including said enhanced content,

whereby relevant information about said called party is dynamically provided to a calling party'"'"'s communication device either while a voice communication is occurring or not over said communications path.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

implementing, by said communication device, an agent for generating contextual information associated with a current context of said mobile device, and initiating communication of said contextual information to said server means associated with said communications network at the time said call session is established.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said generated data structure includes a search criteria including one or more key words associated with said current context of said communication device.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said contextual information generated includes context information associated with a current calling party, said generated data structure includes a search criteria including one or more key words associated with a context of said calling party.

19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said server device comprises:

assembling said data structure based upon a pre-determined template, and populating said data structure with search criteria terms based on said template.

20. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said called party is a business, said method further including:

translating said phone number of said called party into a business name and business address, and associating said business name and business address into a business type; and

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selecting a pre-determined template used to assemble said data structure based upon said business type.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said enhanced content provided to said mobile device includes enhanced Graphical User Interface including menu-based interactive selections for enabling a calling party to interact with, share data with or provide data to said business or receive and view images therefrom.

22. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said enhanced content provided to said communication device includes 3^rd party advertisements.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said communication device is a mobile device, said enhanced content provided to said mobile device including mobile applications.

24. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising:

pushing said enhanced content to said communication device in response to a received phone call from said communication device.

25. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

pushing, during an established communications session, dynamically generated information from said communication device to said server means for access by a called party.

26. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said called party is an individual, said method further including:

translating said phone number of said called party into a contact name, and further associating said contact name into a social status; and

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selecting a pre-determined template used to assemble said data structure based upon said social status of said contact.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein said enhanced content provided to said communication device about said contact includes one or more of:

call information, context information, images and photos, information such as a current location, a map description of the individual'"'"'s location, a user'"'"'s friends and information regarding the user'"'"'s friends such as location, a relevant software application, advertisements, feeds, blogs, URLs, calendar, a user'"'"'s company/enterprise information.

28. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said search criteria includes one or more of:

a business Name, Address and Type;

a template to be populated;

mobile device GPS Coordinates, a current zip code, Audio Capture Keywords, information about a calling party'"'"'s current meetings and events, calling party preferences and calling party preferences learned over time.

29. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing enhanced content to a communication device while said communication device is communicating over an established communications path via a communications network, said method steps comprising:

providing, to a server device in association with said communications network, dialed digits associated with a called party phone number and generating a data structure associated with said phone number, said data structure including a search criteria used to enhance information content about said called party to be provided to said communications device;

initiating, via a search tool, a web-based search for enhanced information content according to said search criteria provided by said data structure;

generating, in response to said call, a web page including said enhanced content; and

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communicating said web page including said enhanced content to said communications device,

whereby a browser means at said communications device renders said web page for said calling party including said enhanced content either while a voice communication is occurring or not over said established communications path.

30. A method of deploying a computer program product for providing enhanced content to a communication device while said communication device is communicating over a communications path established via a communications network with a called party device, wherein, when executed, the computer program performs the steps of:

providing, to a server device in association with said communications network, dialed digits associated with a called party phone number and generating a data structure associated with said phone number, said data structure including a search criteria used to enhance information content about said called party to be provided to said communication device;

initiating, via a search tool, a web-based search for enhanced information content according to said search criteria provided by said data structure;

generating, in response to said call, a web page including said enhanced content; and

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communicating said web page including said enhanced content to said communication device,

whereby a browser means at said communication device renders said web page for said calling party including said enhanced content either while a voice communication is occurring or not over said established communications path.