SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DISPLAY OF IN-NETWORK CALLER INFORMATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20100261459A1
• Filed: 04/13/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• 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, Hennessey, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 8,160,554 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/86 Recipients of the notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/81 Notifying aspects, e.g. notifications or displays to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8187 Send to
• 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 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

System and method for determining reporting to a subscriber whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carrier'"'"'s network. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. When the result matches the subscriber'"'"'s carrier, the mobile device then indicates to the subscriber (i.e. mobile device) that the call is an “in network call.”

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining at a mobile switching center if a mobile communications network associated with a call page matches a mobile communications network of a subscriber receiving the call page;

sending the determined results to a mobile device associated with the subscriber receiving the call page; and

outputting the sent results at the mobile device of the subscriber.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the determined results to a mobile device associated with the subscriber receiving the call page comprises sending an indicator within the call page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining if a mobile communications network associated with a call page matches a mobile communications network of a subscriber receiving the call page comprises performing a global title translation (GTT) at the mobile switching center before the call page is sent to the mobile device of the subscriber.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein sending the determined results to a mobile device associated with the subscriber receiving the call page comprises sending an SMS message of the determined results via a data channel.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein outputting the sent results comprises outputting an indication of “

in network”

communication on the mobile device if a match is determined based on the SMS message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at a mobile switching center if a mobile communications network associated with a call page matches a mobile communications network of a subscriber receiving the call page comprises:

receiving the call page at the mobile device;

sending a communication to a server associated with the mobile service center associated with the mobile device;

performing a GTT at the server based on the sent communication; and

sending the result of the performed GTT to the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing the received result of the performed GTT in memory of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the result of the determination at the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the outputted result comprises one or more of a visual indication, a haptic indication or an audio indication.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at a mobile switching center if the call page is being made from a landline or a mobile handset.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining at a mobile switching center if the call page is being made from a landline or a mobile handset comprises inspecting the NPA/NXX codes provided by caller identification information.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining at the mobile device if the call page has been properly characterized as being from a landline or a mobile handset; and

if the call page has not been properly characterized, correcting the characterization of the call page at the mobile device as originating from a landline or mobile handset.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein correcting the characterization of the call page as originating from a landline or mobile handset comprises overriding the original characterization at the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein correcting the characterization of the call page as originating from a landline or mobile handset comprises notifying the subscriber the of the mischaracterization and requesting permission to correct the mischaracterization.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising if the mobile communications network associated with the call page does not match the mobile communications network of the subscriber, automatically generating a message and sending the generated message to a caller associated with the call page.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the generated message comprises one or more of directory information associated with the subscriber, information associated with at least one of cost savings or comparisons associated with in-network calling, information regarding promotions for at least one of calling plans, mobile devices or device upgrades, requests to join a network, requests to join a social call plan, information regarding one of instant savings or call rebates, offers for one of online services or software, offers for one of reduced cost or free phone service in exchange for at least one of adoption of a predefined product or entering into a social network group.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising presenting information included in the sent message.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein presenting comprises displaying at least one of text or graphics.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein presenting comprises displaying a web link.

20. A system comprising:

a means for determining if a mobile communications network associated with a call page matches a mobile communications network of a subscriber receiving the call page; and

a means for outputting the result of the determination at a mobile device of the subscriber.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the means for determining if a mobile communications network associated with a call page matches a mobile communications network of a subscriber receiving the call page performs a global title translation (GTT) at a mobile switching center before the call page is sent to the mobile device of the subscriber.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a means for sending the results of the global title translation to the mobile device using a data channel.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the means for sending the results of the global title translation to the mobile device comprising sending a short message service (SMS) message using the SMSC that includes the result of the determination via the data channel.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the means for outputting the result of the determination outputs an indication of “

in network”

communication on the mobile device if a match is determined based on the SMS message.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein the means for determining comprises:

a means for receiving the call page at the mobile device;

a means for sending a communication associated with a mobile service center (MSC) associated with the mobile device;

a means for performing a GTT based on the send communication;

a means for sending the result of the performed GTT to the mobile device; and

a means for storing the received result of the performed GTT in memory of the mobile device.

26. The system of claim 20, wherein the means for outputting the result of the determination comprises one or more of a display device, a haptic device or an audio device.

27. A system comprising:

a mobile switching center for performing a global title translation (GTT) before a call page is sent to a mobile device of a subscriber to determine if a mobile communications network associated with the call page matches a mobile communications network of the subscriber; and

a mobile device of the subscriber comprising;

a component for receiving the result of the determination from the mobile switching center;

a processor configured to generate an output signal based on received results; and

an output device configured to output an indication of the mobile communications network of the call page based on the generated output signal.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the component for receiving uses a short message service center (SMSC).

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the output device comprises one or more of a display device, a haptic device or an audio device.

30. A system comprising:

a mobile device of the subscriber comprising;

a component for receiving a call page, sending a communication to a server associated with a mobile service center (MSC) associated with the mobile device based on the received call page, and receiving results of a global title translation (GTT) performed at the server;

a processor configured to generate an output signal based on received results; and

an output device configured to output an indication of the mobile communications network of the call page based on the generated output signal.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the output device comprises one or more of a display device, a haptic device or an audio device.