System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a caller in an internet-based communication system
First Claim
1. A data-gathering system, comprising:
- an Internet address location database having a plurality of Internet addresses and geographical location identification information, wherein each of the plurality of Internet addresses correlates at least a portion of the geographical location identification information;
an information server having geographical location description information associated with the geographical location identification information; and
an Internet communications callee device configured to receive an invite to an Internet communications session from an Internet communications caller device, the invite being directed for termination at the Internet communications callee device, the invite further comprising an Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, the Internet communications callee device being further configured to retrieve geographical location identification information from the Internet address location database using the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, wherein the retrieved geographical location identification information correlates to the Internet address, and wherein the Internet communications callee device is further configured to collect geographical location description information related to the geographical location identification information of the Internet communications caller device from the information server.
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Abstract
In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants from a server. In one embodiment, the approach entails receiving an invite to an Internet telephony session from an Internet telephony caller device, wherein the invite to the Internet telephony session includes an Internet address of the Internet telephony caller device. Additionally, the approach includes a retrieving of a geographical location corresponding to the Internet address of the Internet telephony caller device, and collecting geographical location information associated with the retrieved geographical location.
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21 Claims
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1. A data-gathering system, comprising:
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an Internet address location database having a plurality of Internet addresses and geographical location identification information, wherein each of the plurality of Internet addresses correlates at least a portion of the geographical location identification information; an information server having geographical location description information associated with the geographical location identification information; and an Internet communications callee device configured to receive an invite to an Internet communications session from an Internet communications caller device, the invite being directed for termination at the Internet communications callee device, the invite further comprising an Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, the Internet communications callee device being further configured to retrieve geographical location identification information from the Internet address location database using the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, wherein the retrieved geographical location identification information correlates to the Internet address, and wherein the Internet communications callee device is further configured to collect geographical location description information related to the geographical location identification information of the Internet communications caller device from the information server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A data-gathering device, for providing data to a callee of a communications session, the device comprising:
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Internet communications logic associated with a callee device, the Internet communications logic being configured to receive an invite to an Internet communications session from an Internet communications caller device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session is configured for termination with the callee device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session includes an Internet address of the Internet communications caller device; geographical location retrieval logic configured to retrieve geographical location identification information corresponding to the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device; and information collection logic configured to collect geographical location description information associated with the retrieved geographical location identification information about a caller, wherein the retrieved geographical location description information is provided to the callee. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A data-gathering method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an invite to an Internet communications session at a callee device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session is configured for termination at the callee device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session includes an Internet address of an Internet communications caller device; retrieving geographical location identification information corresponding to the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device; collecting geographical location description information associated with the retrieved geographical location identification information about a caller of a communications session; and sending at least a portion of the geographical location description information to a callee of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A data-gathering system, comprising:
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means for receiving an invite to an Internet communications session at a callee device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session is configured for termination at the callee device, wherein the invite to the Internet communications session includes an Internet address of an Internet communications caller device; means for retrieving a geographical location identification information corresponding to the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device; means for collecting geographical location description information associated with the retrieved geographical location identification information; and means for sending at least a portion of the geographical location description information to a callee of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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