Communication terminal handling user-to-user information received during a call
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving caller information at a called communication terminal in association with an incoming call;
the called communication terminal comparing a first portion of the caller information with identification information in a database;
in response to finding a match between the first portion and the identification information in the database, comparing a second portion of the caller information with identification information in the database;
alerting a user of the called communication terminal when the second portion of the caller information contains new information, corresponding to the matching first portion of the caller information, that is not present in the database as corresponding to the matching first portion of caller information in the database, wherein the alerting includes a user-selectable display of information items from the second portion;
receiving a user response to the alert authorizing a change to the database, wherein the response includes a user selection of one or more of the displayed information items; and
updating the database in response to the user response.
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Abstract
A communication terminal handling caller information, received from a calling communication terminal, comprises a processor controlling a phonebook database containing phone numbers and associated identification information. Upon detection of an incoming call, the processor analyses whether caller information is provided in association with said incoming call. The processor temporarily stores said caller information, if present. The processor compares said caller information with the identification information already present in the phonebook database, and the processor provides means for the user to store in a database of the communication terminal parts of the caller information not present in the database as identification information associated with the caller, the database including at least a phonebook database.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving caller information at a called communication terminal in association with an incoming call; the called communication terminal comparing a first portion of the caller information with identification information in a database; in response to finding a match between the first portion and the identification information in the database, comparing a second portion of the caller information with identification information in the database; alerting a user of the called communication terminal when the second portion of the caller information contains new information, corresponding to the matching first portion of the caller information, that is not present in the database as corresponding to the matching first portion of caller information in the database, wherein the alerting includes a user-selectable display of information items from the second portion; receiving a user response to the alert authorizing a change to the database, wherein the response includes a user selection of one or more of the displayed information items; and updating the database in response to the user response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more computer-readable media, storing; a phonebook database configured to store caller information comprising identification information including one or more parts from the group of;
phone number;
name-label;
company;
title;
fax number, e-mail address;
postal address;
file type identifier;
file size identifier; and
graphical data;a ringing tune database configured to store caller information comprising one or more electronic representations of ringing tunes associated with one or more entries in the phonebook database; and a processor, configured to; receive caller information provided in association with an incoming call; compare a first portion of the caller information with the phonebook database to identify database information for a caller corresponding to the first portion; in response to the phonebook database having information matching the first portion, compare a second portion of the caller information with the phonebook database and the ringing tune database, and alert a user of the apparatus when the caller information contains one or more new parts; display the one or more new parts of caller information to the user and receive a user selection of one or more of the new parts; and update the phonebook database or ringing tune database with the one or more selected new parts, wherein the processor is configured to enable the user to set a received electronic representation of a ringing tone as an alert signal for an associated phone number in the phonebook database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing:
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in a called communication terminal, receiving caller information from a calling communication terminal; comparing a first portion of the caller information with identification information in a database; in response to finding a match between the first portion and the identification information in the database, comparing a second portion of the caller information with identification information in the database; alerting a user of the called communication terminal when the second portion of the caller information contains information, corresponding to the matching first portion of the caller information, that is not present in the phonebook database as corresponding to the matching first portion of caller information in the database, wherein the alerting includes a user-selectable display of information items from the second portion; receiving a user response to the alert authorizing a change to the database, wherein the response includes a user selection of one or more of the displayed information items; and updating the database in response to the user response. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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