SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF 411 CALLER INFORMATION

• US 20110059757A1
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cequint Incorporated (Trident Private Holdings I LLC)
• Original Assignee: Cequint Incorporated (Trident Private Holdings I LLC)
• Inventors: Gosselin, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/555,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059757A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A client application on a mobile handset that identifies a short message service (SMS) messages in a 411 format and extracts the caller identification information in the SMS message. The client application presents a query on the display or keypad of the mobile handset that allows the subscriber to automatically enter the extracted caller identification information into the contacts or caller information directory on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a mobile device a message associated with a 411 event;

automatically extracting identification information from the received message; and

storing the extracted identification information in a caller directory of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein storing comprises storing the extracted identification information in the caller directory based on a user response.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein storing the extracted identification information in the caller directory based on a user response comprises:

presenting a query on the mobile device, the query comprises a user interface prompt;

receiving a response to the presented prompt; and

storing based on the received response.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein storing comprises:

determining if the extracted identification information is already stored in the caller directory; and

automatically storing the extracted identification information in the caller directory if it was determined that the extracted identification information is not already stored in the caller directory.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the received message is a short message service (SMS) message sent from a 411 operator system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of name, business name, address, city, state, country or phone number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically extracting comprises identifying the received message as being a 411 formatted message and extracting the identification information based on predefined rules associated with identification of 411 formatted messages.

8. A system comprising:

a means for receiving at a mobile device a message associated with a 411 event;

a means for automatically extracting identification information from the received message; and

a means for storing the extracted identification information in a caller directory of the mobile device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for storing stores the extracted identification information in the caller directory based on a user response.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for storing presents a query on the mobile device consisting of a user interface prompt, receives a response to the presented prompt, and stores based on the received response.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for storing determines if the extracted identification information is already stored in the caller directory and automatically stores the extracted identification information in the caller directory if it was determined that the extracted identification information is not already stored in the caller directory.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the received message is a short message service (SMS) message sent from a 411 operator system.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of name, business name, address, city, state, country or phone number.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for automatically extracting identifies the received message as being a 411 formatted message and extracts the identification information based on predefined rules associated with identification of 411 formatted messages.

15. A mobile communication device comprising:

a communication component configured to receive a message associated with a 411 event;

a user interface;

memory; and

a processor in communication with the communication component, the user interface and the memory, the processor configured to automatically extract identification information from the received message and store the extracted identification information in a caller directory in the memory of the mobile device.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor stores the extracted identification information in the caller directory based on a user response.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor presents a query on the user interface, receives a response to the presented query and stores the extracted identification information in a caller directory in the memory of the mobile device based on the received response.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor determines if the extracted identification information is already stored in the caller directory and automatically stores the extracted identification information in the caller directory if it was determined that the extracted identification information is not already stored in the caller directory.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the received message is a short message service (SMS) message sent from a 411 operator system.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of name, business name, address, city, state, country or phone number.

21. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor identifies the received message as being a 411 formatted message and extracts the identification information based on predefined rules associated with identification of 411 formatted messages.