Method and apparatus for delivering enhanced caller identification services to a called party

• US 7,734,028 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2004
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Hildebrand, Gary, Dhara, Krishna K., Krisnaswamy, Venkatesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Tieu; Binh K
• Application Number:
  US10/955,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20050100150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.19, 379/88.21, 379/93.23, 379/142.01, 379/142.06, 379/142.09, 379/142.14, 379/142.16, 379/142.17, 379/245, 379/247, 379/142.04
• US Class Current: 379/142.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42076 where the identifier is a Uniform Resource Locator
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for delivering enhanced caller information to a called party. A user document associated with a calling party is provided to the called party as part of signaling information associated with the call, such as a SIP invite message. The user document may be, for example, a vCard or vCalendar.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, at a server, a caller ID document based on a predefined document content rule, wherein;

a. the caller ID document is generated when a telephone call to a called party is initiated,

b. the document content rule identifies an information item that must be included in the caller ID document, and

c. the document content rule is independent of the called party;

receiving at a switch (i) a telephone number of the called party and (ii) an address of the caller ID document; and

transmitting from the switch to the called party telephone (i) an incoming-call alert and (ii) the address of the caller ID document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises one or more media.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a vCard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a vCalendar.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said provided vCalendar is used to schedule a mutually convenient appointment between the calling party and the called party.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is provided after the call is established with the called party.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information is a SIP invite message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the call is a conference call.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the document is provided to a plurality of participants in the conference call.