Method and system facilitating automatic address book entries with caller specific voice identifiers and call notification

• US 6,553,222 B1
• Filed: 03/29/1999
• Issued: 04/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Weiss, Avi S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester G.
• Application Number:
  US09/280,236
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/414, 455/415, 455/417, 455/466, 455/564, 455/567, 379/213.1, 379/214.1, 379/207.15, 379/207.16, 379/67.1, 379/69, 379/88.2, 379/88.17, 379/373, 379/374, 379/211.01
• US Class Current: 455/415
• 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 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method and system which enables two-way mobile communication devices to automatically update and utilize the entries in a resident address book, where the entries are comprised of a personalized greeting from a caller and related information (e.g. automatic number identification (ANI) information). Calls placed to a serviced device are intercepted and processed by a call manager. The call manager extracts the ANI information from the call and determines if the called mobile device has an address book entry for the caller. If it is determined that the caller does not have an address book entry, the caller is prompted to provide a personalized greeting, which is recorded and forwarded with the ANI information to a proxy server device associated with the called mobile device. Upon completion of the above described processing, the called and calling devices are connected (i.e. a voice communication channel is established). The proxy server device processes the received personalized greeting and associated information and forwards it to the destination mobile device through a data communications channel. If it is determined that there is a pre-existing address book entry, then the called and calling devices are connected without further processing.

Claims

1. A method for automatically processing address book entries for an address book application resident on a two-way mobile communication device, said method comprising:

intercepting a call directed to said two-way mobile communication device;

extracting information relating to the originator of said call;

receiving an audible greeting provided by said originator of said call;

generating an address book entry wherein said address book entry is comprised of said extracted information and said audible greeting; and

forwarding said address book entry to said two-way mobile communications device wherein said two-way mobile communications device and a call manager are connected by a landnet using a first communications protocol, an intermediate server device and an airnet using a second communications protocol.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a voice connection between said two-way mobile communications device and said originator of said call upon generating said address book entry.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, still further comprising:

using said extracted information relating to said originator of said call to search a database of previously generated address book entries;

identifying previously generated address book entries relating to a common originator; and

establishing a voice connection between said two-way mobile communications device and said common originator without generating an address book entry.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said first communications protocol for said landnet is selected from a group consisting of Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) and secure Hypertext Transport Protocol (sHTTP).

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said second communications protocol for said airnet is a wireless protocol.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said second communications protocol for said airnet is selected from a group consisting of Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) and Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP).

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said address book entry is a markup language file containing displayable and audible components.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein said markup language file is selected from a group consisting of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Compact Hypertext Markup Language (cHTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Wireless Markup Language (WML) and Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML).

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said extracted information relating to said originator of said call is comprised of Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information.

10. A system for automatically processing address book entries for an address book application resident on a two-way mobile communication device, said system comprising:

a storage device for storing address book entries;

a memory for storing program code for a processor;

a processor coupled to said storage device and said memory, wherein said processor operates to execute said program code stored in said memory to extract information relating to said originator of a received call, prompt said originator of said received call to provide a personalized greeting, generate an address book entry containing at least said extracted information and said personalized greeting, and forward said address book entry to said two-way mobile communications device.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein said address book entry is a markup language file containing displayable and audible content.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein said markup language file is selected from a group consisting of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Compact Hypertext Markup Language (cHTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Wireless Markup Language (WML) and Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML).

13. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein said extracted information relating to said originator of said received call is Automatic Number Identification (ANI) information.