System and method of storing contact information

• US 7,809,398 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2006
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SBC Knowledge Ventures LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pearson, Larry B.
• Primary Examiner(s): SMITH, CREIGHTON H
• Application Number:
  US11/389,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20070223683A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,656 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 379/201.01
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A system and method of storing contact information is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a user at a web server of an Internet Protocol (IP) network to view call log data stored at a call log data store of the IP network. The method also includes issuing a request to obtain the call log data from the call log data store, wherein the call log data includes contact information associated with a call. The method also includes receiving a selection of the contact information from the user and sending the contact information to a network address book server of the IP network, where the contact information is stored in association with a network address book of the user.

Claims

1. A system to store contact information, the system comprising:

a web server including a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor;

wherein the memory device includes a call log request module executable by the processor to obtain a call log entry from a call log data store via an Internet Protocol (IP) network in response to a request from a user device to view the call log entry, the call log entry including contact information associated with a call;

wherein the memory device includes a network address book communication module executable by the processor to send the contact information to a network address book server via the IP network in response to a selection of the call log entry received from the user device; and

wherein the memory device includes a quick address book builder (QAB) module executable by the processor to send a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user device, the GUI including the call log entry.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a web user interface module executable by the processor to provide a web portal to receive the request to view the call log entry.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a directory information module executable by the processor to obtain directory information related to the contact information from a directory information source via the Internet.

4. A system to store contact information, the system comprising:

a call server communicating with an Internet Protocol (IP) network to receive contact information related to a call, the call server including a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor;

wherein the call server includes a call log data store to store the contact information in a call log associated with a user;

wherein the memory device includes a web server communication module executable by the processor to send the contact information to a web server via the IP network in response to a request from the web server to obtain call log data associated with the user; and

wherein the memory device includes a quick address book builder (QAB) module executable by the processor to send a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user, the GUI including the contact information.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a call processing module executable by the processor to route the call to a user telephone, wherein the contact information includes origination information related to a source of the call.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the call processing module is executable by the processor to route the call from the user telephone to a destination telephone, wherein the contact information includes destination information related to the destination telephone.

7. The system of claim 4, further comprising a call detail record generation module executable by the processor to generate a call detail record based on the contact information and to store the call detail record at the call log data store.

8. A computer program embedded in a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:

instructions to obtain a call log entry from a call log data store via an Internet Protocol (IP) network in response to a request from a user to view the call log entry, the call log entry including contact information associated with a call;

instructions to send the contact information to a web server via the IP network in response to a request from the web server to obtain call log data associated with the user; and

instructions to implement a quick address book builder (QAB) module to send a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user, the GUI including the contact information.

9. The computer program of claim 8, further comprising instructions to obtain at least one voice mail message from the call log data store with the call log data.

10. A computer program embedded in a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:

instructions to communicate with an Internet Protocol (IP) network to receive a call placed to a user;

instructions to store contact information associated with the call at a call log data store;

instructions to communicate with a web server via the IP network to receive a request to obtain the contact information;

instructions to send the contact information to the web server, wherein the contact information is stored at a network address book server of the IP network in response to a selection of the contact information by the user; and

instructions to implement a quick address book builder (QAB) module to send a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user, the GUI including the contact information.

11. The computer program of claim 10, wherein the IP network is a Voice-over IP (VoIP) carrier network.

12. The computer program of claim 11, wherein the call is received from a public switched telephone network (PSTN) via a VoIP-PSTN gateway.

13. The computer program of claim 12, wherein the call is received from a cellular network via a service switching point of the PSTN.

14. The computer program of claim 10, further comprising instructions to forward the call to a voice mail system when the call is not answered at a telephone device of the user.