Integration of Wireless and External Computing Devices

• US 20120202473A1
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: White, Christopher A., Waughman, Russell J., Berretta, Gregg J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The wireless device may include logic that enables the wireless device to interface with the external computing device, and rule logic to direct handling by the external computing device of call events of the wireless device.

Claims

1. A system for displaying contact information in real time, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor; and

a logic on the memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute operations including;

receiving event information related to a communication between a first party and a second party over a network, the event information including at least an address of the first party;

retrieving and displaying a contact information of the first party based on the address in the event information; and

providing a user interface enabling the second party to select from among a plurality of services for handling the communication between the first and second parties.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the event information is received from a wireless device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication between the first and second parties includes at least one of a telephone call, a text message, and a multimedia message.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of services includes at least one of:

retrieving past communications between the first and second parties, creating a new contact for at least one of the first and second parties, creating a new communication between the first and second parties, identifying a location of at least one of the first and second parties, retrieving and identifying a scheduled activity for at least one of the first and second parties, and retrieving additional information for at least one of the first and second parties from the internet to be displayed along with the contact information.

5. The system in claim 4, wherein the logic further causes the processor to execute operations including scheduling a new activity for at least one of the first and second parties based on the retrieved scheduled activity.

6. The system in claim 1, wherein the first party is a party initiating the communication.

7. The system in claim 1, wherein the second party is a party initiating the communication.

8. The system in claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the processor to execute operations including retrieving the contact information from a local storage.

9. The system in claim 1, wherein the database of preferences includes a plurality of preferences associated with a corresponding plurality of wireless communications devices.

10. The system in claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the processor to execute operations including retrieving the contact information from a network.

11. The system in claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the processor to execute operations including storing the second party'"'"'s selections and transmitting them to a wireless device.

12. The system in claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the processor to execute operations including retrieving the contact information based on a name extracted from the event information.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface enables the second party to select the service by executing a drag-and-drop operation on the displayed contact information.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program product stored thereon, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving event information related to a communication between a first party and a second party over a network, the event information including at least an address of the first party;

retrieving and displaying a contact information of the first party based on the address in the event information; and

providing a user interface enabling the second party to select from among a plurality of services for handling the communication between the first and second parties.

15. A method for displaying contact information in real-time, the method comprising:

receiving event information related to a communication between a first party and a second party over a network, the event information including at least an address of the first party;

retrieving and displaying a contact information of the first party based on the address in the event information; and

providing a user interface enabling the second party to select from among a plurality of services for handling the communication between the first and second parties.