PARTY INFORMATION FOR DATA-CAPABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20160198044A1
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gruchala, Carol Shifrin, Heinmiller, Wayne Robert, Tiliks Kanne, Dianna I.
• Granted Patent: US 9,549,063 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• 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 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier

Abstract

Detailed information about a party can be provided during interparty communication. Data-capable mobile devices query at least a public database to retrieve information about a set of parties engaged in communication. The results of the database query are employed to provide detailed caller identification and detail functionality to telephones or communication devices not utilizing traditional landlines or commercial caller identification service. Storage can be included to include address book function, query caching, and user preferences. An interface can be provided to facilitate display of rich caller identification information. The interface can further update displayed information without user input, or provide user selection control to request more information on a selected portion of displayed information. These features can be applied to determine the information about a party that is either receiving a communication or initiating a communication.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

in response to first party information being determined not to be represented in first information of a device at which a call is received,

querying a public data store resulting in public data store query results, and

selecting second party information from the public data store query results, wherein the second party information is for a same party as a communication party identity from which the call is initiated, and wherein the selecting the second party information is based on;

generating multiple query results from respective multiple queries of the querying of the public data store, and

determining content from the multiple query results based on comparing results from the multiple query results; and

facilitating a first display of the second party information received from the public data store query results.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the querying is first querying, and wherein the operations further comprise:

second querying the public data store for additional information relating to the second party information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second querying is performed without a request for the additional information being received by the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the first party information for reuse in a future communication comprising the communication party identity as a party identity.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

enabling the communication party identity to provide input.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the input enables the communication party identity to opt-out of query service based upon which the first display of the second party information is facilitated.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the first display comprises facilitating a selection of a portion of the second party information that is displayed.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

requesting additional information relating to the selection.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating a display of the additional information relating to the selection.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the first display is performed during the call.

11. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

in response to first party information being determined not to be represented in first information of a device at which a call is received,

querying a public data store, and

selecting second party information from query results from the querying the public data store, wherein the second party information is for a same party as a communication party identity associated with a telephone number from which the call is initiated, wherein the selecting the second party information is based on;

multiple query results generated from respective multiple queries of the public data store; and

content determined from the multiple query results based on comparing the multiple query results; and

facilitating a second display of the second party information received from the query results.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the querying is first querying, and wherein the operations further comprise:

second querying the public data store for additional information relating to the second party information.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the second querying is performed without a request for the additional information being received by the device.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

enabling the communication party identity to provide input.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the input enables the communication party identity to opt-out of query service based upon which the second display of the second party information is facilitated.

16. A method, comprising:

in response to first party information being determined not to be represented in contact history information of a device at which a call is received, performing, by a device comprising a processor,

in response to querying a public database, receiving public database query results;

selecting second party information from the public database query results, wherein the second party information is for a same party as a communication party identity associated with a telephone number from which the call is initiated, wherein the selecting the second party information is based on;

multiple query results generated from respective multiple queries of the querying of the public database; and

content determined based on a comparison of the multiple query results; and

facilitating a second display of the second party information received from the public database query results.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the facilitating the second display comprises facilitating a selection of a portion of the second party information that is displayed.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

requesting additional information relating to the selection.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

facilitating a display of the additional information relating to the selection.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the facilitating the second display is performed during the call.