METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING CONTACT INFORMATION IN A NETWORK CONTACT DATABASE

• US 20110078208A1
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BCE Incorporated
• Original Assignee: BCE Incorporated
• Inventors: Arseneault, Jonathan Allan
• Granted Patent: US 10,405,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

The invention provides a method comprising, receiving an indication of a desire for contact information associated with given media content, obtaining the contact information associated with the given media content in response to the indication and causing the obtained contact information to be stored in a database associated with a given party.

Claims

1. ) A method comprising:

a) receiving an indication of a desire for storing contact information associated with given media content;

b) obtaining the contact information associated with the given media content in response to the indication;

c) causing the obtained contact information to be stored in a network contact database associated with a given party.

2. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the given media content includes a web-page.

3. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the given media content includes an IP video stream.

4. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein obtaining the contact information includes performing a text recognition operation on the given media content.

5. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein obtaining the contact information includes receiving from a provider of the given media content the contact information.

6. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact information is received in response to a request.

7. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact information is received together with the given media content.

8. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the indication of a desire for storing contact information associated with given media content is received from a user input device.

9. ) A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the user input device includes a pointing device.

10. ) A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the user input device includes a remote control device.

11. ) A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the user input device includes a keypad on a communication device.

12. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the given media content is displayed to the given party via a network device.

13. ) A method as defined in claim 12, wherein the network contact database associated with the given party comprises a plurality of entries, each entry comprising contact information associated with a given contactable entity.

14. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said method is performed by a network device.

15. ) A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said method is performed by a network processing entity.

16. ) A system comprising:

a) an input for receiving an indication of a desire for storing contact information associated with given media content;

b) a processing unit operative for;

i) obtaining the contact information associated with the given media content;

ii) causing the obtained contact information to be stored in a network contact database associated with a given party.

17. ) A system as defined in claim 16, wherein the given media content includes a web-page.

18. ) A system as defined in claim 16, wherein the given media content includes an IP video stream.

19. ) A system as defined in claim 16, wherein obtaining the contact information includes performing a text recognition operation on the given media content.

20. ) A system as defined in claim 16, wherein the system is implemented within a network processing entity.

21. ) A system as defined in claim 20, wherein said input is further operative for receiving:

a) a unique identifier associated with the given party;

b) information regarding the given media content for which contact information is desired.

22. ) A system as defined in claim 21, wherein said processing unit is operative for causing the obtained contact information to be stored in the network contact database associated with the given party at least in part on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the given party.

23. ) A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the network contact database associated with the given party comprises a plurality of entries, each entry comprising contact information associated with a given contactable entity.

24. ) A system as defined in claim 22, wherein obtaining the contact information includes receiving from a source of the given media content the contact information.

25. ) A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the contact information is received in response to a request.

26. ) A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the indication that a given party desires contact information is received from a network device on which the given media content is provided.

27. ) A system as defined in claim 16, wherein the system is implemented within a network device associated with the given party.

28. ) A system as defined in claim 27, further comprising an output, said output being operative for releasing a signal to a network processing entity indicative of:

a) the obtained contact information; and

b) a unique identifier associated with the given party.

29. ) A system as defined in claim 27, wherein the processing unit is further operative for causing the given media content to be displayed on a display screen of said network device.

30. ) A system as defined in claim 27, wherein obtaining the contact information includes receiving from a source of the given media content the contact information.

31. ) A system as defined in claim 30, wherein the contact information is received in response to a request.

32. ) A system as defined in claim 30, wherein the contact information is received at the network device together with the given media content.

33. ) A system as defined in claim 27, wherein the indication of a desire for contact information associated with given media content is received via a user input device.

34. ) A system as defined in claim 33, wherein the user input device includes a pointing device.

35. ) A system as defined in claim 33, wherein the user input device includes a remote control device.

36. ) A system as defined in claim 33, wherein the user input device includes a keypad on the network device.

37. ) A system as defined in claim 27, wherein the database associated with the given party comprises a plurality of entries, each entry comprising contact information associated with a given contactable entity.