Method for Presenting Additional Information about a Telecommunication User
First Claim
1. A method for providing additional information about a party to a telephone call, the method comprising:
- identifying, with a computer, a first party to the telephone call using caller identification information or called number information;
constructing, with the computer, a request for additional information about the first party to the telephone call;
sending, with the computer, the request to a repository of the additional information;
receiving, at the computer and responsive to the request, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call from the repository, the additional information comprising a location of the first party to the telephone call; and
presenting, with the computer, to a second party to the telephone call, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call.
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Abstract
A method and system for presenting additional information about a user are provided. The user may be a calling party or a called patty. A request for information in addition to the information normally contained in the caller ID may be constructed and sent to a repository of additional information that returns the additional information. If the user is a calling party, the additional information may be presented on the called party'"'"'s communication device. If the user is a called party, the additional information may be presented on the calling party'"'"'s communication device. A system including the repository may receive the request. An authoring and editing component of the system may allow the user or others to edit the additional information about the user. The system may select and send the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type of the requestor.
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1. A method for providing additional information about a party to a telephone call, the method comprising:
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identifying, with a computer, a first party to the telephone call using caller identification information or called number information; constructing, with the computer, a request for additional information about the first party to the telephone call; sending, with the computer, the request to a repository of the additional information; receiving, at the computer and responsive to the request, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call from the repository, the additional information comprising a location of the first party to the telephone call; and presenting, with the computer, to a second party to the telephone call, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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12. A system for providing additional information about a party to a telephone call, the system comprising:
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a computer comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable program code executable by the computer, the computer-readable program code comprising; code for identifying a first party to the telephone call using caller identification information or called number information; code for constructing a request for additional information about the first party to the telephone call; code for sending the request to a repository of the additional information; code for receiving, and responsive to the request, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call from the repository, the additional information comprising a location of the first party to the telephone call; and code for presenting, to a second party to the telephone call, the additional information about the first party to the telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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