System and method for modifying communication information (MCI)

• US 7,899,169 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2006
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nobelbiz Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nobelbiz Incorporated
• Inventors: Siminoff, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Quynh H
• Application Number:
  US11/584,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20070127703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/220.01, 379/221.01, 379/142.06
• US Class Current: 379/201.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A method for processing a communication between a first party and a second party is disclosed. A communication is received from the first party, the communication having first party information, and second party information. An entry in a database is identified that matches at least one of the first party information and the second party information and for which a predetermined rule is satisfied. A telephone number associated with the matching database entry is selected. The selected telephone number is transmitted to the second party.

Claims

1. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon, the code for processing a communication between a calling party and a target party, the code comprising:

code for receiving the communication from the calling party, the communication having calling party trigger information and at least an area code of a telephone number of the target party;

code for accessing a database containing calling party trigger information, target identifying information, and replacement telephone numbers;

code for selecting a first set of one or more entries in the database based on calling party trigger information;

code for selecting one entry from the first set of entries based on at least the area code of the telephone number of the target party, the selected entry having target identifying information including an area code that matches the area code of the telephone number of the target party; and

code for modifying caller identification data of the calling party to a replacement telephone number associated with the selected one entry, wherein the replacement telephone number has an area code the same as the area code of the telephone number of the target party;

code for transmitting the modified caller identification data of the calling party to the target party.

2. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon of claim 1, wherein the calling party trigger information includes at least one of caller identification information and connection information for the calling party.

3. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon of claim 1, wherein

the selected one entry has target identifying information including an area code and a prefix that matches the area code and a prefix of the telephone number of the target party, and

the replacement telephone number has an area code and a prefix that matches the area code and the prefix of the telephone number of the target party.

4. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon of claim 1, wherein the calling party trigger information includes caller identification information and wherein the first set of entries includes the calling party caller identification information.

5. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon of claim 1, wherein an entry in the database includes a calling party trigger, a target identifier, and a replacement telephone number.

6. A computer for processing a communication between a calling party and a target party, comprising:

a memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and

a processor for executing the program code stored in the memory, wherein the program code comprises;

code for receiving the communication from the calling party, the communication having calling party information and target party information including a telephone number of the target party;

code for accessing a database containing calling party information, target identifying information, and replacement telephone numbers;

code for selecting a replacement telephone number from the database, where the selected replacement telephone number corresponds to the calling party information and corresponds to target identifying information having at least an area code the same as an area code of the telephone number of the target party;

code for modifying caller identification data of the calling party to the selected replacement telephone number; and

code for transmitting the modified caller identification data of the calling party to the target party.

7. The computer of claim 6, wherein the calling party information includes a telephone number of the calling party, and the selected replacement telephone number corresponds to the telephone number of the calling party.

8. A computer for processing a communication between a calling party and a target party, comprising:

a memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and

a processor for executing the program code stored in the memory, wherein the program code comprises;

code for receiving the communication from the calling party, the communication having calling party information and a target party telephone number;

code for accessing a database containing calling party information, target identifying information, and replacement telephone numbers;

code for selecting a replacement telephone number from the database, where the selected replacement telephone number corresponds to the calling party information and corresponds to target identifying information having an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of an area code of the target party telephone number;

code for modifying caller identification data of the calling party to the selected replacement telephone number; and

code for transmitting the modified caller identification data of the calling party to the target.

9. The computer of claim 8, wherein an area code of the selected replacement telephone number matches an area code of the target party telephone number.

10. The computer of claim 8, wherein an area code and a prefix of the selected replacement telephone number matches an area code and a prefix of the target party telephone number.

11. The computer of claim 8, wherein the geographic region may be one of a state and other municipality smaller than a state.