Systems and methods for providing configurable caller ID information

• US 7,379,455 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2002
• Issued: 05/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Converged Data Solutions Inc.
• Inventors: Pickett, Scott K.
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, ANH VU H
• Application Number:
  US10/326,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20030219029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,987 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2865 Logical combinations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2874 Processing of data for distribution to the subscribers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/43 with synchronous transmission, e.g. time division multiplex [TDM], slotted rings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6459 Multiplexing, e.g. TDMA, CDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6472 Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6481 Speech, voice
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1046 Call controllers; Call servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1053 IP private branch exchange [PBX] functionality entities or arrangements circuit switched PBXs H04M3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4053 without floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2254 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42323 : PBX's with CTI arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/51 : Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention , e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 : Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 : Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 : Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/563 : User guidance or feature selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/60 : Semi-automatic systems, i.e. in which the numerical selection of the outgoing line is under the control of an operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0012 : Details of application programming interfaces [API] for telephone networks; Arrangements which combine a telephonic communication equipment and a computer, i.e. computer telephony integration [CPI] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 : Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/125 : Details of gateway equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/04 : for time-division multiplexing H04Q11/0001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13034 : A/D conversion, code compression/expansion
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 : PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13377 : Recorded announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 : LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 : involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 : Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing configurable caller ID information are disclosed. A communications service includes a caller ID configuration function. The communications service controls packetized call data, and outbound caller ID options are configurable via the caller ID configuration function.

Claims

1. A method for providing a caller ID configuration associated with a calling party ID for sending caller ID information to a called party, comprising the steps of:

providing a communications service providing voice communications to a plurality of users, wherein caller ID information is transmitted between a first user and a second user in response to a call from the first user to the second user, and wherein the communications service transfers packetized call data between a computing system associated with the first user and the second user;

providing a default caller ID setting comprised of a name and number associated with the first user;

providing a software interface window on the computing system comprising a plurality of user-configurable options for the caller ID configuration associated with the calling party ID of the first user;

wherein the plurality of user-configurable options comprise the default caller ID setting and one or more other options;

wherein the caller ID information in accordance with a selected user-configurable option is provided to a telephone device associated with the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the packetized call data comprises VoIP data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the computing system comprises a personal computer.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of user-configurable options comprises an option to send no caller ID information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of user-configurable options comprises an option to send a user-specified caller ID.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user-specified caller ID is a number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user-configurable options comprises a setting for appending extension information to a default information pattern.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications service controls voice communications between the first user and one or more telephony devices coupled to a circuit-switched wide area network.