System and method for creating and accessing outgoing telephone call log

• US 7,369,651 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Issued: 05/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Services Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Services Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mamuzic, Bojana, Miller, James Thomas, Mueller, Stephen Mark, Brandt, Jeffrey Lewis
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Harry S.
• Application Number:
  US11/622,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20070127665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/353, 379/112.01, 379/114.01, 379/114.03, 379/114.28, 379/114.29, 379/116, 379/119, 379/121.04, 379/126, 379/127.01, 379/230
• US Class Current: 379/126
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/126 Interworking of session control protocols

Abstract

Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber'"'"'s terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber'"'"'s terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to an interface server in response to the query. The switch continues to process the telephone call after querying the service controller. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database based on at least the received call data. An outgoing call log database receives and stores the call data and the additional information from the interface server as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data from the outgoing call log database, in response to a query from a web client, and displays the outgoing call log data at the web client.

Claims

1. A method of providing access to outgoing call log data associated with a plurality of calls made from a user'"'"'s terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a web client, the web client initiating the request in response to a user'"'"'s request for access to the outgoing call log data;

initiating and sending a query, to an outgoing call log database, in response to the request from the web client, and retrieving outgoing call log data corresponding to the user'"'"'s request in response to the query, the outgoing call log database being populated with data by interfacing with a network receiving the plurality of calls made from the user'"'"'s terminal;

sending the outgoing call log data retrieved from the outgoing call log database to the web client for display; and

populating a personal database in the network with information sent by the web client, the web client receiving the information from a user initiating the user'"'"'s request, the information provided by the user in response to the display of the outgoing call log data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the outgoing call log data is displayed in a Graphical User Interface format.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first network populates the personal database.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the outgoing call log data stored in the outgoing call log database comprises:

a called party number, a start date, a start time, a stop date, and a stop time associated with the plurality of calls made from the user'"'"'s terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising determining call duration associated with the plurality of calls made from the user'"'"'s terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the outgoing call log data further comprises the call duration.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user makes a repeat call by interacting with the Graphical User Interface.

8. A method for storing, accessing, and displaying outgoing call log data associated with a plurality of calls made from a user'"'"'s terminal, the method comprising:

storing the outgoing call log data obtained from an interface server in a first network, the outgoing call log data comprising call data obtained in response to the plurality of calls made from the user'"'"'s terminal, and associated, additional information, obtained by the interface server from at least one of a personal database or a directory database; and

sending, in response to a web server retrieval request, the outgoing call log data corresponding to the request, the web server retrieval request being in response to a user'"'"'s request sent from a web client, the web server generating a report, based on outgoing call log service privileges, and displaying the outgoing call log data corresponding to the user'"'"'s request at the web client;

wherein the additional information comprises a calling party name corresponding to at least a portion of the call data.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the report is displayed in a Graphical User Interface format.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the report comprises a summary of calls to a particular number, charges associated with the calls to the particular number, and a proportion of long distance calls to local calls.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the outgoing call log service privileges determine a format of the report or information displayed.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the format is chosen by the user.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the format chosen by the user comprises at least one of line graphs, pie charts and bar graphs.

14. A web server providing access to outgoing call log data associated with a plurality of calls made from a user'"'"'s terminal, the outgoing call log data comprising call data and associated customized additional information, the web server comprising:

a web client interface for receiving a query from a web client, the web client initiating the query in response to a user'"'"'s request for access to the outgoing call log data; and

an outgoing call log database interface for retrieving the outgoing call log data from an outgoing call log database, the retrieval initiated by the web server in response to the query from the web client, the outgoing call log database receiving outgoing call data from at least one of a directory database and a database personal to the user;

wherein at least a portion of the outgoing call log data corresponding to the user'"'"'s request is sent over the web client interface to be displayed at the web client.

15. The web server according to claim 14, wherein the personal database is populated with information received from the web client over the web client interface.

16. The web server according to claim 14, wherein the user requests a repeat call by interacting with the Graphical User Interface.

17. The web server according to claim 16, wherein the web server initiates a voice over Internet call in response to the user'"'"'s request.

18. The web server according to claim 14, wherein the outgoing call log data comprises a call start date, a call start time, a call stop date, and a call stop time.

19. The web server according to claim 14, wherein a first network receives the outgoing call data associated with the plurality of calls made from the user'"'"'s terminal over a data interface, associates the additional information with the call data by querying at least one of the directory database or the personal database, and stores the call data and additional information in the outgoing call log database.