Caller ID messaging device

• US 7,463,727 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2003
• Issued: 12/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Forsberg, Kevin, Dickens, James E., White, Isaac D. M., Urban, Blake R., Sawyer, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US10/418,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20040208302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,062 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.23, 379/120, 379/354, 379/245, 379/127.01, 379/142.01, 379/142.04, 379/142.06, 379/142.14, 379/142.15, 379/142.16, 379/142.07, 379/142.08, 379/142.13, 379/142.17, 379/67.1, 379/68, 379/88.02, 379 811- 8813, 379 8818- 8825
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/022 Paging systems personal calling arrangements or devices G08B3/1008; selective calling networks H04W84/022
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Signal and transmits the Caller ID Messaging Signal to a destination communications address. An alternate embodiment provides that the calling party may use a conventional telephone to access a communications network, activate Caller ID Messaging Services, compose or retrieve a stored Caller ID Message of the Caller ID Messaging Signal, and transmit the Caller ID Messaging Signal to the destination communications address. The Caller ID Message and Caller ID Messaging Signal may include text, video, voice, and/or digital data.

Claims

1. A caller identification messaging device, comprising:

a database of caller identification messaging profiles including at least one of (i) a caller identification message, the caller identification message comprising a user specified text message, a user specified visual message, a user specified visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified data stored in the database, and real-time data input into the caller identification messaging device, (ii) an identifier of a calling party, and (iii) a destination communications address of a receiving party'"'"'s communications device;

a processor, the processor operating with a caller identification messaging program for accessing, inputting, outputting, and generating a caller identification messaging signal, the caller identification messaging signal including the caller identification message and at least one of (i) the identifier of the calling party, (ii) the destination communications address, and (iii) an identifier of at least one of a calling party'"'"'s communications device and the caller identification messaging device, and the processor further operating with a communications device interface for formatting and communicating the caller identification messaging signal with a communications network, the communications network communicating at least the caller identification message and the caller identification messaging signal to the destination communications address, the processor further operating with the caller identification messaging program to process a response caller identification messaging signal for display to the caller identification messaging device, the response caller identification messaging signal comprising a response caller identification message comprising response data retrieved from another caller identification messaging device, the response data comprising a user specified response text message, a user specified response visual message, a user specified response visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified response data stored in a database of caller identification messaging profiles of the other caller identification messaging device, and real-time data input into the other caller identification messaging device, wherein the response caller identification messaging signal is communicated via a communications network to at least one of a receiving party communications device, a calling party communications device, and a third party communications device;

the caller identification messaging program residing in memory, the caller identification messaging program for generating the caller identification messaging signal, the caller identification messaging signal including at least one of selected data stored in the database of caller identification messaging profiles and data input into the caller identification messaging device; and

the communications device interface for communicating the caller identification messaging signal between the caller identification messaging device and at least one of the communications network and the calling party'"'"'s communications device.

2. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, wherein the caller identification messaging device enables communication of the caller identification messaging signal with at least one of a plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices comprising a wireless communications device, a POTS phone, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a WAP phone, an II'"'"'phone, a satellite phone, a computer, a modem, a pager, a digital music device, a digital recording device, a personal digital assistant, an interactive television, a digital signal processor, and a Global Positioning System device.

3. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

a keyboard subsystem for communicating data to the caller identification messaging device.

4. The caller identification messaging device of claim 3, wherein the keyboard subsystem comprises at least one of the following:

a keyboard;

a mouse; and

a stylus.

5. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display for communicating visual data with the caller identification messaging device.

6. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

an audio subsystem for communicating audio data with the caller identification messaging device.

7. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

a power source for the caller identification messaging device.

8. The caller identification messaging device of claim 7, wherein the power source is a battery power source.

9. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

a peripheral bus controller operating with the communications device interface to control communications with at least one of the communications network, a calling party'"'"'s wired communications device, and a wireless communications device transceiver in communications with a calling party'"'"'s wireless communications device.

10. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, the database of caller identification messaging profiles including incoming caller identification messages transmitted to and received by the caller identification messaging device.

11. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, the database of caller identification messaging profiles including outgoing caller identification messages transmitted from the caller identification messaging device to the destination communications address.

12. The caller identification messaging device of claim 11, the caller identification messaging program controlling a caller identification messaging contacts organizer, the contacts organizer sorting data of the caller identification messaging profile by at least one of the following (i) an identifier of the receiving party associated with one or more destination communications addresses and (ii) the destination communications address associated with at least one of the identifier of the receiving party and the caller identification message sent to the receiving party.

13. The caller identification messaging device of claim 1, further comprising:

a light emitting diode panel for providing a visual alert for a new incoming caller identification message.

14. A caller identification messaging device, comprising:

at least one input/output processor to access, input, and output a caller identification messaging signal, the caller identification messaging signal including a caller identification message and at least one of (i) an identifier of the calling party, (ii) a destination communications address associated with a receiving party'"'"'s communications device, and (iii) an identifier of at least one of a calling party'"'"'s communications device and the caller identification messaging device, the caller identification message comprising a user specified text message, a user specified visual message, a user specified visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified data stored in a database of the caller identification messaging device, and real-time data input into the caller identification messaging device, the processor further operating with the caller identification messaging program to process a response caller identification messaging signal for display to the caller identification messaging device, the response caller identification messaging signal comprising a response caller identification message comprising response data retrieved from another caller identification messaging device, the response data comprising a user specified response text message, a user specified response visual message, a user specified response visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified response data stored in a database of caller identification messaging profiles of the other caller identification messaging device, and real-time data input into the other caller identification messaging device, wherein the response caller identification messaging signal is communicated via a communications network to at least one of a receiving party communications device, a calling party communications device, and a third party communications device;

at least one communications device interface for communicating the caller identification messaging signal with at least one of a communications network and a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices;

a memory device for storing the caller identification messaging signal; and

a processor communicating with the memory device, the processor operating with a caller identification messaging program for processing caller identification messaging signals, the caller identification messaging program residing in the memory device, and the processor further operating with the communications device interface for formatting and communicating the caller identification messaging signal.

15. The caller identification messaging device of claim 14, wherein the plurality of communications devices comprises a wireless communications device, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a WAP phone, an IP phone, a satellite phone, a computer, a modem, a pager, a digital music device, a digital recording device, a personal digital assistant, an interactive television, a digital signal processor, and a Global Positioning System device.

16. The caller identification messaging device of claim 14, further comprising at least one of:

a display console;

a keyboard;

a mouse;

a stylus;

an audio recorder; and

an audio/video player.

17. The caller identification messaging device of claim 14, further comprising:

at least one of a wireless communications transceiver and a wired communications port for communicating with at least one of the communications network, the calling party'"'"'s communications device, and a data network.

18. The caller identification messaging device of claim 14, further comprising:

a biometric sensor for identifying a user of the caller identification messaging device.

19. A caller identification messaging device, comprising:

a processor, the processor operating with a caller identification messaging program for accessing, inputting, outputting, and generating a caller identification messaging signal, the caller identification messaging signal including a caller identification message, the caller identification message comprising a user specified text message, a user specified visual message, a user specified visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified data stored in memory of the caller identification database, and real-time data input into the caller identification messaging device and the caller identification messaging signal further comprising at least one of (i) the identifier of the calling party, (ii) the destination communications address, and (iii) an identifier of at least one of a calling party'"'"'s communications device and the caller identification messaging device, and the processor further operating with a communications device interface for formatting and communicating the caller identification messaging signal with a communications network, the communications network communicating at least the caller identification message and the caller identification messaging signal to the destination communications address, the processor further operating with the caller identification messaging program to process a response caller identification messaging signal for display to the caller identification messaging device, the response caller identification messaging signal comprising a response caller identification message comprising response data retrieved from another caller identification messaging device, the response data comprising a user specified response text message, a user specified response visual message, a user specified response visual doodle, pre-selected user-specified response data stored in a database of caller identification messaging profiles of the other caller identification messaging device, and real-time data input into the other caller identification messaging device, wherein the response caller identification messaging signal is communicated via a communications network to at least one of a receiving party communications device, a calling party communications device, and a third party communications device;

the caller identification messaging program residing in memory, the caller identification messaging program for generating the caller identification messaging signal, the caller identification messaging signal comprising data input into the caller identification messaging device; and

the communications device interface for communicating the caller identification messaging signal between the caller identification messaging device and at least one of the communications network and the calling party'"'"'s communications device.