Method for updating a caller database in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for bridging a call placed by a caller to a telephone number of a called party, said call being bridged to a return call originated by said called party in response to being transmitted a message of said call, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining based on a caller identity information associated with the caller whether a corresponding alphanumeric identifier exists in a database;
transmitting a message to said called party containing said alphanumeric identifier if said identifier exists in said database for said caller; and
if no alphanumeric identifier exists in said database for said caller,transmitting a message to said called party that a caller is calling that has no corresponding identifier in said database, andenabling said called party, during said call, to enter an alphanumeric identifier in said database for said caller.
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Abstract
A method for updating a caller database in a communication system by detecting repeat callers during the bridging of calls placed to a called party subscriber and upon such detection, enabling the subscriber to enter corresponding alphanumeric identifiers in the frequent caller database. This method is useful in a communication system that completes a telephone call placed by a caller to a personal telephone number of a called party by bridging that call to a return call originated by the called party in response to a paging signal alerting the subscriber of the telephone call.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for bridging a call placed by a caller to a telephone number of a called party, said call being bridged to a return call originated by said called party in response to being transmitted a message of said call, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining based on a caller identity information associated with the caller whether a corresponding alphanumeric identifier exists in a database; transmitting a message to said called party containing said alphanumeric identifier if said identifier exists in said database for said caller; and if no alphanumeric identifier exists in said database for said caller, transmitting a message to said called party that a caller is calling that has no corresponding identifier in said database, and enabling said called party, during said call, to enter an alphanumeric identifier in said database for said caller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for bridging a call placed by a caller to a telephone number of a called party, said call being bridged to a return call originated by said called party in response to being transmitted a message of said call, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining based on caller identity information associated with the caller whether an alphanumeric identifier exists in a database; transmitting a message to said called party containing said alphanumeric identifier if said identifier exists in said database for said caller; and if no alphanumeric identifier exists in said database for said caller, determining based on the caller identity information whether said caller had previously called said called party by querying said database, transmitting a message to said called party that a repeat caller is calling, and enabling said called party, during said call, to enter an alphanumeric identifier in said database for said caller. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for bridging a call placed by a caller to a telephone number of a called party, said call being bridged to a return call orginated by said called party in response to being transmitted a message of said call, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining based on a caller identity information associated with the caller whether a corresponding alphanumeric identifier exists in a database; transmitting a message to said called party containing said alphanumeric identifier if said identifier exists in said database for said caller; if no alphanumeric identifier exists in said database for said caller, transmitting a message to said called party that a caller is calling that has no corresponding identifier in said database, and enabling said called party to enter an alphanumeric identifier in said database for said caller; prompting said caller to provide an, audible identifier; detecting characteristic features of a response audible identifier, wherein said caller identity information corresponds to said detected characteristic features; identifying caller identity information in the database for previous callers with no associated alphanumeric identifier having a characteristic feature substantially within a threshold limit of the detected characteristic feature of the caller'"'"'s audible identifier; if caller identity information is identified, transmitting a message to said called party that a possible repeat caller is calling; enabling the called party to listen to said audio identifiers of the caller and of said previous caller associated with the identified caller identity information; prompting the called party to determine if the caller and the previous caller are the same person; and if the called party responds that the caller and the previous caller are the same party, enabling the called party to enter said alphanumeric identifier in the database. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for bridging a call placed by a caller to a telephone number of a called party, said call being bridged to a return call originated by said called party in response to being transmitted a message of said call, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining based on caller identity information associated with the caller whether an alphanumeric identifier exists in a database; transmitting a message to said called party containing said alphanumeric identifier if said identifier exists in said database for said caller; if no alphanumeric identifier exists n said database for said caller, determining based on the caller identity information whether said caller had previously called said called party by querying said database, transmitting a message to said called party that a repeat caller is calling, and enabling said called party to enter an alphanumeric identifier in said database for said caller; prompting said caller to provide an audible identifier; detecting characteristic features of a response audible identifier, wherein said caller identity information corresponds to said detected characteristic features; identifying caller identity information in the database for previous callers with no associated alphanumeric identifier having a characteristic feature substantially within a threshold limit of the detected characteristic feature of the caller'"'"'s audible identifier; if caller identity information is identified, transmitting a message to said called party that a possible repeat caller is calling; enabling the called party to listen to said audio identifiers of the caller and of said previous caller associated with the identified caller identity information; prompting the called party to determine if the caller and the previous caller are the same person; and if the called party responds that he caller and the previous caller are the same party, enabling the called party to enter said alphanumeric identifier in the database. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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