ADVANCED INTERNET-BASED CALLER ID INFORMATION/DATA FOR MOBILE PHONES AND MOBILE NETWORKS

• US 20110014900A1
• Filed: 07/15/2009
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ofer Gottfried
• Original Assignee: Ofer Gottfried
• Inventors: Gottfried, Ofer
• Granted Patent: US 8,295,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method to implement CID enhancement performed by mobile phone software, running on a user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone, in communication with a response server of a Website during an incoming call. The method includes alerting the Website by transmission of an initiation command from the mobile phone upon receipt of the incoming call, extracting the caller number from the phone ringing feature of the mobile phone, connecting the mobile phone over the Internet to the response server and responding to the initiation command, such that the caller'"'"'s ID is displayed with said relevant caller information and said other caller data in real time, and is provided within the few seconds elapsed before the user/subscriber answers the phone call.

Claims

1. A method to implement rapid caller ID (CID) enhancement performed by mobile phone software (SW), running on a user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone, in communication with a response server of a Website during an incoming call, said method comprising:

alerting the Website by transmission of an initiation command from the mobile phone upon receipt of the incoming call;

extracting the caller number from the phone ringing feature of the mobile phone;

connecting the mobile phone over the Internet to the response server; and

responding to said initiation command, said responding comprising;

searching for relevant caller information associated with the caller number;

optionally, configuring and adding to said relevant caller information other data comprising an advertisement and other caller data comprising at least one of location, alias and picture;

sending both said relevant caller information and said other caller data to the mobile phone; and

displaying both said relevant caller information and said other caller data on the mobile phone,

such that the caller'"'"'s ID is displayed with said relevant caller information and said other caller data in real time, and is provided within the few seconds elapsed before the user/subscriber answers the phone call.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said SW prepares said other caller data in advance and in optimized compressed format specifically and uniquely for every phone type for fast delivery and display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching comprises accessing at least one of a social network and messenger to retrieve user profile information to be displayed with the CID and caller name.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said other caller data may be sent as a WAP/Web link, enabling the user/subscriber to click and go to a WAP/Web page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said communication back and forth from the server is configured especially for a fast transaction of a few seconds in order to fit the mobile world data networks, characterized by a short time period before the called user/subscriber will answer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising pressing an “

End”

button by the user/subscriber to terminate said displaying of both said relevant caller information and said other caller data on the mobile phone of the user/subscriber.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said relevant caller information with said other caller data on the user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone for a previously specified number of incoming calls, in a cyclic procedure based on the phone'"'"'s capabilities.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing said relevant caller information with said other caller data on the response server, wherein the response server is configured to store the user/subscriber incoming call history for a longer period than said storage on the mobile phone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said connecting the mobile phone over the Internet to the response server of the Website, further comprises initializing and opening by the SW of a data/IP connection to the response server.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising waiting a specified number of seconds by the SW, and trying again If it is not able to connect a first time.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising detecting the incoming call/SMS number by the SW.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending a query by the SW to the response server for the Caller ID based on said caller number prefix.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein If said other caller data is configured, further comprising opening another channel in parallel to said connection between the mobile phone and the response server.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising after sending said query, displaying said other caller data in parallel to the mobile phone'"'"'s incoming CID display.

15. A system to implement rapid caller ID (CID) enhancement performed by mobile phone software (SW) running on a user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone, in communication with a response server of a Website during a call, said system comprising:

dedicated mobile phone software (SW) provided by the Website;

a response server to be connected to the mobile phone by said SW, wherein said SW, upon receiving an incoming call alert, takes the caller number from the phone ringing feature, and performs said connection via IP protocol over the Internet,

such that the caller'"'"'s ID is displayed with other caller data in real time, and wherein the information is provided within the few seconds elapsed before the user/subscriber answers the phone call.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising an advertising add-on server, under the control of said response server, in order to present an advertisement and said other caller data.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said advertising add-on server is located at the Website,

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the mobile phone SW is adaptable to different mobile phone technologies and run on a variety of mobile phone models.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said SW can be based at any Internet site, controlling the communication to multiple phones in parallel.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising a database, wherein the SW performs the search for the caller profile over said data base.

21. A method to implement rapid caller ID (CID) enhanced CID data and a social network profile, said implementation performed by mobile phone software (SW) running on a user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone, in communication with a response server, a database and at least one add-on data server of a Website during an incoming call to a user/subscriber, said method comprising:

initializing and opening one of a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) request for a UDP channel and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) request for a TCP channel to the response server by the SW;

maintaining said one UDP and TCP channel, upon opening, by the SW with “

keep alive”

at predefined time intervals,

such that the caller'"'"'s ID is displayed with said enhanced CID information and said social network profile data in real time, and is provided within the few seconds elapsed before the user/subscriber answers the phone call.

22. A method to implement rapid caller ID (CID) enhanced CID data and a social network profile, said implementation performed by mobile phone software (SW) running on a user/subscriber'"'"'s mobile phone, in communication with a response server, a database and at least one add-on data server of a Website during an incoming call to a user/subscriber, said method comprising:

initializing connection to all external DB servers on separate channels and initializing connection to at least one add-on data server;

waiting for connections to the SW;

configuring the add-on data for optimized transmission when incoming data corresponding to the user/subscriber arrives;

selecting the relevant information server and getting the add-on data when an incoming CID request arrives from the mobile phone identifier with a user agent;

getting the channel management round trip time (RTT) for each channel according to a client Keep Alive measurement;

preparing the CID data, social network profile and add-on data as one packet, in a format that is one of compressed, chunked and coded; and

sending each portion of the data to the mobile phone, each on its relevant channel,

such that the caller'"'"'s ID is displayed with said enhanced CID information and said social network profile data in real time, and is provided within