Telephone call log email

• US 7,580,513 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gruchala, Carol Shifrin, Pearson, Larry B., Stroud, Kenneth Robert, Ebel, Richard John, Doherty, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo; Stella L
• Application Number:
  US11/085,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20060215823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,617 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.24, 379/93.23, 379/90.01, 379/142.01, 379/133, 370/352
• US Class Current: 379/93.24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service

Abstract

Call logs are generated based upon calls from a subscriber line and calls to a subscriber line. The call logs are formatted from Generic Data Interface (GDI) messages into an email format (e.g., SMTP) within a call log gateway. The formatted email is then emailed to an email recipient, which can include a messaging service provider or the subscriber himself. The email address to the recipient is determined by the call log gateway based upon the subscriber'"'"'s identity.

Claims

1. A system for emailing outgoing call log data associated with a telephone call from a user'"'"'s telephone, the system comprising:

a network controller that obtains call log information including recipient identifier information indicative of whether a recipient is an individual user or a messaging service provider; and

a call log gateway that receives the call log information in an InvokeApp message from the network controller, the call log gateway formatting the information into an email format and then forwarding an email to a recipient indicated by the recipient identifier.

2. The system of claim 1, in which the recipient comprises an individual user.

3. The system of claim 1, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

4. The system of claim 1, in which the call log gateway formats the InvokeApp message into an SMTP format.

5. The system of claim 1, in which the formatting comprises placing a calling party number in a from line of the email, the calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email.

6. A system for emailing incoming call log data associated with a telephone call to a user'"'"'s telephone, the system comprising:

a network controller that obtains call log information including recipient identifier information indicative of whether a recipient is an individual user or a messaging service provider; and

a call log gateway that receives the call log information in an InvokeApp message from the network controller, the call log gateway formatting the information into an email format and then forwarding an email to a recipient indicated by the recipient identifier.

7. The system of claim 6, in which the call log gateway formats the InvokeApp message into an SMTP format.

8. The system of claim 6, in which the formatting comprises placing a calling party number in a from line of the email, the calling party number and a called party in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email.

9. A method for emailing outgoing call log data associated with a telephone call from a user'"'"'s telephone, the method comprising:

obtaining call log information including recipient identifier information indicative of whether a recipient is an individual user or a messaging service provider;

formatting the call log information into an email format by mapping InvokeAm parameters to email fields, including placing a calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of an email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email; and

forwarding the email to a recipient indicated by the recipient identifier,

wherein the forwarding is initiated at a call log gateway.

10. The method of claim 9, in which the recipient comprises an individual user.

11. The method of claim 9, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an InvokeApp message before the formatting.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining an email address of the recipient based upon the calling party number.

14. A method for emailing incoming call log data associated with a telephone call to a user'"'"'s telephone, the method comprising:

obtaining call log information including recipient identifier information indicative of whether a recipient is an individual user or a messaging service provider;

formatting the call log information into an email format by mapping InvokeApp parameters to email fields, including placing a calling party number and a calling party name in a from line of an email, the calling party number, the calling party name, and a called party number in a subject line of the email, and a time of the call in a message body of the email; and

forwarding the email to a recipient indicated by the recipient identifier,

wherein the forwarding is initiated at a call log gateway.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining an email address of the recipient based upon the called party number.

16. A computer readable medium storing a program for emailing outgoing call log data associated with an outgoing telephone call from a user'"'"'s telephone and incoming call log data associated with an incoming telephone call to the user'"'"'s telephone, the medium comprising:

an obtaining code segment that obtains call log information including recipient identifier information indicative of whether a recipient is an individual user or a messaging service provider;

a formatting code segment that formats the call log information into an email format by mapping InvokeApp parameters to email fields, including placing a calling party number and a called party number in a subject line of an email, and a time of the outgoing call in a message body of the email, for outgoing calls; and

placing the calling party number and the calling party name in the from line of the email, the calling party number, the calling party name, and the called party number in the subject line of the email, and a time of the incoming call in a message body of the email, for incoming calls; and

a forwarding code segment that forwards the email to a recipient indicated by the recipient identifier,

wherein the forwarding is initiated at a call log gateway.

17. The medium of claim 16, in which the recipient comprises an individual user.

18. The medium of claim 16, in which the recipient comprises a messaging service provider.

19. The medium of claim 16, further comprising a receiving code segment that receives an InvokeApp message before the program begins the formatting.

20. The medium of claim 16, further comprising an address determining code segment that determines an identifier based upon the user, and determines an email address of the recipient and email address of a reply to address based upon the identifier, the email addresses having been previously associated with the identifier.