SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS

• US 20120099486A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vonage Network LLC (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Vonage Network LLC (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Sterman, Baruch, LANGOS, Geoffrey, Efrati, Tzahi
• Application Number:
  US13/242,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20120099486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/259
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels protocols for multimedia information services per se H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/551 Call history recording a computer conference H04L12/1831
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/555 Statistics, e.g. about subscribers but not being call statistics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking messaging within social networks H04L51/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0024 Services and arrangements where telephone services are combined with data services arrangements which combine a telephonic equipment and a computer H04M7/0012
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods of updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system make use of information drawn from the user'"'"'s contact or link information stored on a social networking system. The telephony system obtains the user'"'"'s credentials on the social networking system and accesses the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system directly.

Claims

1. A method of adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system, comprising:

obtaining a user'"'"'s credentials for a social networking system;

obtaining information from the user'"'"'s contact or link information that is present on the social networking system using the obtained user credentials; and

adding information to or updating information in the user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system using the information obtained from the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding information to or updating information in an identifier cross-reference database present on the telephony system using information obtained from the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding step comprises adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored in a central database maintained by the telephony system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding step comprises adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored on a telephony device that is provided with service by the telephony system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding step comprises adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored on a mobile telephony device that is provided with service by the telephony system, and wherein the adding step is performed wirelessly.

6. A system for adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system, comprising:

means for obtaining a user'"'"'s credentials for a social networking system;

means for obtaining information from the user'"'"'s contact or link information that is present on the social networking system using the obtained user credentials; and

means for adding information to or updating information in the user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system using the information obtained from the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system.

7. A system for adding information to or updating information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system, comprising:

a first obtaining unit that obtains a user'"'"'s credentials for a social networking system;

a second obtaining unit that obtains information from the user'"'"'s contact or link information that is present on the social networking system using the obtained user credentials; and

an updating unit that adds information to or updates information in the user'"'"'s contact list or address book on a telephony system using the information obtained from the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the updating unit also adds information to or updates information in an identifier cross-reference database present on the telephony system using information obtained from the user'"'"'s contact or link information on the social networking system.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the updating unit adds information to or updates information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored in a central database maintained by the telephony system.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the updating unit adds information to or updates information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored on a telephony device that is provided with service by the telephony system.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the updating unit adds information to or updates information in a user'"'"'s contact list or address book that is stored on a mobile telephony device that is provided with service by the telephony system, and wherein the addition or update is performed wirelessly.