Enhanced caller ID information based on access device information via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. A system supporting the delivery of enhanced caller identification information to a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata;
the gateway receiving information identifying one or both of;
a called party and/or a calling party;
the gateway searching the collected information using the received information identifying one of;
the called party or the calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party;
the gateway retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party based upon at least one user-defined parameter; and
the gateway delivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing enhanced caller identification (caller ID) information to a user is described. A broadband access gateway communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices may collect information about multimedia content available on the access devices and/or information exchanged with access devices. The gateway may search the collect information upon receiving information identifying a called or calling party, to find information that may be associated with the called or calling party. Selected items of the information associated with the called or calling party may then be delivered to the access device of the called or calling party. Information accessible to the gateway via a broadband connection may also be made available to the user of the access device.
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50 Claims
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1. A system supporting the delivery of enhanced caller identification information to a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the gateway collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata; the gateway receiving information identifying one or both of;
a called party and/or a calling party;the gateway searching the collected information using the received information identifying one of;
the called party or the calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party;the gateway retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party based upon at least one user-defined parameter; andthe gateway delivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for delivering enhanced caller identification information to a plurality of access devices, the method comprising:
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collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata; receiving information identifying one or both of a called party and/or a calling party; searching the collected information using the received information identifying one of;
the called party or the calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party;retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party based upon at least one user-defined parameter; anddelivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting the delivery of enhanced caller identification information to a plurality of access devices, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:
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collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata; receiving information identifying one or both of;
a called party and/or a calling party;searching the collected information using the received information identifying one of;
the called party or the calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party;retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party based upon at least one user-defined parameter; anddelivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of;
the called party and/or the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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