SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED TELEPHONY WITH NETWORKED COMPUTING

• US 20140003593A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TCT Hungary KFT
• Original Assignee: TCT Hungary KFT
• Inventors: Vadasz, Attila
• Application Number:
  US13/997,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20140003593A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• 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 11/085 using a television receiver, e.g. viewdata system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• 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: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0033 Notification or handling of incoming calls by a computer

Abstract

A method of displaying telephone call data having the steps of receiving a network message containing a telephone id, retrieving a network address associated with the telephone id from a database, retrieving data from the network address, and causing the data to be displayed on a visual display.

Claims

1. A method of displaying data associated with a telephone call comprising the steps of:

receiving a network message containing a telephone id;

retrieving a network address associated with said telephone id from a database;

retrieving a data from said network address; and

causing said data to be displayed on a visual display.

2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising the step of providing a signaling server for sending said network message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said signaling server is connected to a telecommunication operator main switch.

4. The method of claim 3, and further comprising the step of providing an aggregator server connected to a network for containing said database.

6. The method of claim 1, and further comprising the step of providing a client software application configured and arranged to run on a first user computer.

7. The method of claim 6, and further comprising the step of providing a telephone number to said client software application associated with a first user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said data is a data from an email server, a social networking server, a dynamic location service, a webcam, a weather information service, or a user profile.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said user profile comprises a name, an email address, a picture, a job description, or a location.

10. The method of claim 4, and further comprising the step of registering a user phone number associated with a client application with said aggregator server.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein said signaling server is configured and arranged to use SS7, or INAP protocols.

5. The method of claim 5 and further comprising the steps of:

connecting to an advertising server;

receiving advertising data from said advertising server; and

displaying said advertising data on said visual display.

12. A method of enhanced telephony telecommunication comprising the steps of:

providing a client software to run on a first data endpoint computer connected to a network, said first data endpoint computer having a display;

providing said client software to run on a second data endpoint computer connected to a network, said second data endpoint computer having a display;

associating a first telephone number to said first data endpoint computer client software;

associating a second telephone number to said second data endpoint computer client software;

providing a aggregator server having a database for storing associations between said first and second telephone number and said first and second data endpoint computer client software;

providing a signaling server for receiving call events from a PSTN network associated with said first telephone number;

receiving a phone call start event from a device with said first telephone number on said signaling server, said start event including a destination phone number;

sending said call start event to said aggregator server;

sending a network message to a data endpoint computer associated with said destination phone number;

causing said data endpoint computer associated with said destination phone number to display data associated with said first telephone number.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said data associated with said first telephone number is a data from an email server, a social networking server, a dynamic location service, a webcam, a weather information service, or a user profile.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said user profile comprises a name, an email address, a picture, a job description, or a location.

15. The method of claim 12, and further comprising the step of storing user profile data associated with a telephone number on a database on said aggregator server.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein said signaling server is configured and arranged to use SS7, or INAP protocols.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein said data associated with said first telephone number is obtained from a third party system.

18. The method of claim 12, and further comprising the step of displaying data from an advertising server on one of said data endpoint computers.

19. The method of claim 12, and further comprising the step of encrypting data transferred between said first data endpoint computer and another computer.

20. The method of claim 12, and further comprising the step of causing said aggregator server to automatically gather information from a third party source specified in a user profile.