Method and apparatus for reformatting caller identification from different communication networks
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1. A communication device for reformatting a caller identification when operating with a plurality of communication networks comprising:
- a transceiver for communicating with a first and second communication network wherein the first communication network uses a first caller identification and the second communication network uses a second caller identification, wherein the first caller identification has a first format used by the first communication network and the second caller identification has a second format used by the second communication network different from the first format; and
a controller, coupled to the transceiver, to provide a reformatted caller identification by reformatting the caller identification for use by the communication device by matching a format of the caller identification to one the first format and the second format based on a one of the first communication network and second communication network used by the transceiver.
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Abstract
A communication device (200) operates on a plurality of communication networks (104, 110) and utilizes a method (400) for reformatting a caller identification received from one communication network (110) to match the caller identification format of a second communication network (104). The reformatted caller identification can be used to match an address book entry (318) or for dialing a call using the second communication network (104). A communication controller (300) is also used to provide the reformatted caller identification in an alternate embodiment.
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1. A communication device for reformatting a caller identification when operating with a plurality of communication networks comprising:
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a transceiver for communicating with a first and second communication network wherein the first communication network uses a first caller identification and the second communication network uses a second caller identification, wherein the first caller identification has a first format used by the first communication network and the second caller identification has a second format used by the second communication network different from the first format; and a controller, coupled to the transceiver, to provide a reformatted caller identification by reformatting the caller identification for use by the communication device by matching a format of the caller identification to one the first format and the second format based on a one of the first communication network and second communication network used by the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication controller arranged to reformat a caller identification comprising:
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an input to receive one of a first caller identification used by a first communication network and a second caller identification used by a second communication network, the first and second caller identification comprising at least a portion of an incoming call from the first communication network or second communication network; a processor to reformat the caller identification; and an output to provide a reformatted caller identification, wherein the reformatted caller identification is formatted according to one of a first and second format by matching the caller identification to one of the first caller identification and the second caller identification based on a one of the first communication network and the second communication network used by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for reformatting a caller identification for use by a wireless communication device when operating with at least one of a first communication network and a second communication network comprising:
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receiving a communication from one of the first and second communication networks, the communication comprising the caller identification wherein the caller identification corresponds to one of a first format used by the first communication network and a second format used by the second communication network; and reformatting the caller identification to provide a reformatted caller identification, the reformatted caller identification corresponding to a caller identification format for an other of the plurality of communication networks by matching the caller identification to one of the first format and second format based on a one of the first communication network and second communication network used by the wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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