Telephone Carrier ID

• US 20100322396A1
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher Paul Southerland
• Original Assignee: Christopher Paul Southerland
• Inventors: Southerland, Christopher Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/817,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20100322396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.19
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• 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 15/51 for resellers, retailers or service providers
• 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 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server

Abstract

A method for providing communications network identification data (carrier ID) to a calling party and/or a receiving party in advance of the termination, acceptance or refusal of the call request from a first party to a second party. The highlighted background and/or carrier name and information of the calling and/or receiving party are displayed on the calling party and/or receiving party'"'"'s endpoint device(s) and may be associated and displayed with their respective caller ID information. Upon display of the carrier ID information, the calling party and/or the receiving party may accept, terminate or decline the call request pursuant to the carrier ID information of each respective party.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint;

associating at least one endpoint with presence data;

displaying the presence data associated with the second endpoint on the first endpoint prior to the acceptance, termination or refusal of the call request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the presence data associated with the first endpoint to the second endpoint.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the presence data associated with the first endpoint on the second endpoint prior to the acceptance or refusal of the call request.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first endpoint terminates the call request to the second endpoint prior to connection of the call between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence data associated with a caller ID of at least one endpoint is input to a database via a website.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence data is stored locally on at least one endpoint as an image.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first endpoint and second endpoint comprise one of a Smartphone, Iphone, cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a television, a display, a computer, a laptop computer or telephone coupled with display.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence data consists of carrier ID data.

9. A method, comprising:

initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint;

associating at least one endpoint with a carrier ID;

querying a database for the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint in response to the initiation of a call request from the first endpoint;

sending the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint to the first endpoint; and

,

displaying the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint on the first endpoint prior to the acceptance or refusal of the call request.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the carrier ID data associated with at least one endpoint is input to a database via a website.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the carrier ID data associated with at least one endpoint is stored locally on at least one endpoint.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the carrier ID data associated with at least one endpoint is stored on a network database.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the carrier ID includes network carrier information.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein a substantial portion of the contact data stored locally on at least one endpoint is associated with carrier ID information.

15. A method, comprising:

initiating a call from a first endpoint to a second endpoint over a communications network;

associating at least one endpoint with a carrier ID;

querying a database for the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint in response to the initiation of a call request from the first endpoint;

sending the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint to the first endpoint;

displaying the carrier ID associated with the second endpoint on the first endpoint prior to the acceptance or termination of the call request;

querying the database for the carrier ID associated with the first endpoint in response to the call request received from the first endpoint by the second endpoint;

sending the carrier ID associated with the first endpoint to the second endpoint; and

,

displaying the carrier ID associated with the first endpoint on the second endpoint prior to acceptance or termination of the call request.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the first endpoint terminates the call request from the first endpoint prior to acceptance of the call request transmitted to the second endpoint.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the second endpoint declines the call request received from the first endpoint after viewing the carrier ID information associated with the first endpoint.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the second endpoint accepts the call request from the first endpoint after viewing the carrier ID information associated with the first endpoint.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the first endpoint transmits the call request to the second endpoint after the carrier id information associated with the second endpoint has been displayed on the first endpoint.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the second endpoint only accepts the call request from the first endpoint after the carrier ID associated with the first endpoint has been displayed on the second endpoint.

21. The method of claim 15 wherein the call request from the first endpoint is transmitted to the second endpoint only if the first endpoint and second endpoint have identical carrier ID.

22. The method of claim 15 wherein the carrier ID data is stored as an image.