Method and system for displaying internet identification on customer premises equipment
First Claim
1. A method for providing to a callee an Internet identification of a telephony caller, comprising:
- storing a plurality of Internet identification data items, wherein each said Internet identification data item corresponds to an Internet user and provides Internet addressing data for use in Internet communication with the corresponding Internet user;
receiving, from the caller, a call at a telephony central office, the call being for the callee;
determining the caller'"'"'s phone number at the central office;
submitting a request, from the central office to said stored plurality of Internet identification data items, for Internet identification information related to the caller, wherein the request includes information related to one of a name of the caller and the phone number of the caller;
receiving, at the central office, Internet identification information corresponding to the caller in response to said step of submitting;
transmitting the Internet identification information corresponding to the caller to a telephony station for the callee during a ringing of the telephony station; and
presenting the caller'"'"'s Internet identification information to the callee in one of an audio form and a visual form when the callee accesses the telephony station.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a telephony subscriber with Internet information related to a caller attempting to call the subscriber is disclosed. The Internet information is provided to the customer premises equipment of the subscriber during the first and second ring of a call. Subsequently, if the call is not completed, then the caller'"'"'s Internet information is accessible at a later time, along with any corresponding voice mail associated with the call and any caller-ID information such as the caller'"'"'s name and/or telephone number. Additionally, the present invention allows the subscriber to request that caller information corresponding to an incomplete call to the subscriber be presented to the caller'"'"'s customer premises equipment in one of the forms: all text, all vocalized in speech or a combination of text and vocalized speech.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing to a callee an Internet identification of a telephony caller, comprising:
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storing a plurality of Internet identification data items, wherein each said Internet identification data item corresponds to an Internet user and provides Internet addressing data for use in Internet communication with the corresponding Internet user; receiving, from the caller, a call at a telephony central office, the call being for the callee; determining the caller'"'"'s phone number at the central office; submitting a request, from the central office to said stored plurality of Internet identification data items, for Internet identification information related to the caller, wherein the request includes information related to one of a name of the caller and the phone number of the caller; receiving, at the central office, Internet identification information corresponding to the caller in response to said step of submitting; transmitting the Internet identification information corresponding to the caller to a telephony station for the callee during a ringing of the telephony station; and presenting the caller'"'"'s Internet identification information to the callee in one of an audio form and a visual form when the callee accesses the telephony station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for providing Internet identification of a telephony caller to a telephony callee, comprising:
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customer premises equipment at a callee'"'"'s premises for receiving calls; a telephony caller information manager for receiving caller information of a caller calling the callee'"'"'s customer premises equipment; a repository for storing an Internet address for the caller; a telephony switching means in operative communication with said customer premises equipment, said caller information manager and said repository, wherein upon detection of a call to the callee from the caller, the telephony switching means communicates with the caller information manager so that the caller information manager receives an Internet address for the caller stored in said repository; message means for providing a message to said customer premises equipment, wherein said message means incorporates said Internet address received by the caller information manager into said message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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