Method of obtaining information on the identity of a caller in a terminal of a telephone communications network
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining information regarding an identity of a caller in a terminal of a telephone communications network, wherein the terminal comprises an agent including a program or an application which is stored and activated on the terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving at the terminal an incoming call from a caller and a telephone number of the caller;
at the agent of the terminal, selecting from among a plurality of external servers at least one external server likely to be able to provide the information regarding the identity of the caller;
preparing at the agent of the terminal a request indicating the telephone number of the caller and requesting the information regarding the identity of the caller; and
sending from the agent of the terminal the request to the server.
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Abstract
The invention relates to identifying callers in a terminal of a telephone communications network in which the caller'"'"'s number is transmitted by the network at the time of an incoming call. The invention proposes providing the terminal with an agent which, on or after receiving a caller'"'"'s number, selects at least one external server likely to be able to provide identity information; the agent then uses a request file and the caller'"'"'s number to prepare a request whose argument is the caller'"'"'s number and whose destination is the server. The request is sent to the server to obtain the information. In the absence of a result, the agent can send a plurality of requests in succession.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining information regarding an identity of a caller in a terminal of a telephone communications network, wherein the terminal comprises an agent including a program or an application which is stored and activated on the terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving at the terminal an incoming call from a caller and a telephone number of the caller; at the agent of the terminal, selecting from among a plurality of external servers at least one external server likely to be able to provide the information regarding the identity of the caller; preparing at the agent of the terminal a request indicating the telephone number of the caller and requesting the information regarding the identity of the caller; and sending from the agent of the terminal the request to the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A terminal of a telephone communications network in which a telephone number of a caller is transmitted to the terminal at the time of an incoming call to the terminal, the terminal comprising an agent for configured to select from among a plurality of external servers at least one external server likely to be able to provide information regarding an identity of a caller, prepare a request indicating the telephone number of the caller and requesting the information regarding the identity of the caller, and send the request from the terminal to the server, wherein the agent comprises a program or an application which is stored and activated on the terminal.
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