Systems, methods and computer products for caller identification from call to wireless/wireline cellular to internet protocol television

• US 8,218,746 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2008
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cassanova, Jeffrey, Hill, N. Peter, DeLorme, David, Zhang, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US12/035,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20090214013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.13, 379/77.17, 379/88.19, 379/93.23, 379/102.03, 379/142.01, 379/142.07, 379/142.13, 379/142.16, 455/415, 455/435.2, 455/556.1, 455/557, 370/351, 370/352
• US Class Current: 379/142.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/65 Telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• 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 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/14 cable networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• 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 7/1215 where a cable TV network is used as an access to the PSTN/ISDN

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer products for providing caller identification from a call to a wireless/wireline cellular phone to Internet Protocol Television. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, including receiving a communication request from a caller device over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called patty number of a dual-mode called device associated with the communication request, mapping the called party number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a called party and sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number.

Claims

1. A method for providing caller identification services to a set top box, comprising:

receiving a communication request from a caller device of a caller over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called party number of a dual-mode called device associated with the communication request;

mapping the called party number to an internet protocol device address associated with a called party; and

sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number;

wherein an internet protocol television gateway, in communication with a preferences server, is configured to determine which of a plurality of set top boxes have requested to receive caller party information of the caller and which have not requested to receive the caller party information of the caller.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a termination attempt message from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem when the dual mode device is in a non-cellular mode; and

receiving a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger when the dual mode called device is in a cellular mode.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

returning a termination authorization to the internet protocol multimedia subsystem, when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, the termination authorization operable for causing a called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address; and

returning a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic continue message, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode, the termination authorization causing the called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger and the termination authorization is routed via a parlay gateway configured to transmit messages when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, and wherein the communication request includes administrative information from a mobile switching center that has exchanged authentication, registration and location information with a home location register, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the internet protocol device address includes

an internet address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the internet protocol device address corresponds to the set top box of the called party.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a caller party name assigned to the caller party number; and

sending the caller party number and the caller party name to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number.

8. A system for providing caller identification services to a set top box, comprising:

a computer processing device; and

a caller identification services application executing on the computer processing device, the caller identification services application performing a method, comprising;

receiving a communication request from a caller device of a caller over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called party number of a dual-mode called device associated with the communication request;

mapping the called party number to an internet protocol device address associated with a called party; and

sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number;

wherein the computer processing device, in communication with a preferences server, is configured to determine which of a plurality of set top boxes have requested to receive caller party information of the caller and which have not requested to receive the caller party information of the caller.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the caller identification services application further coordinates receiving a termination attempt message from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem when the dual mode called device is in a non-cellular mode and receiving a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger when the dual mode phone called device is in a cellular mode.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the caller identification services application returns a termination authorization to the internet protocol multimedia subsystem, when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, the termination authorization operable for causing a called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address and returns a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic continue message, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode, the termination authorization causing the called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger and the termination authorization is routed via a parlay gateway configured to transmit messages when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, and wherein the communication request includes administrative information from a mobile switching center that has exchanged authentication, registration and location information with a home location register, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the internet protocol device address includes

a uniform resource locator.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the internet protocol device address corresponds to the set top box.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the caller identification services application further performs:

identifying a caller party name assigned to the caller party number; and

sending the caller party number and the caller party name to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number.

15. A computer program product for providing caller identification services to device set top box, the computer program product including instructions embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

receiving a communication request from a caller device of a caller over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called party number of a dual-mode called device associated with the communication request;

mapping the called party number to an internet protocol device address associated with a called party; and

sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number;

wherein an internet protocol television gateway, in communication with a preferences server, is configured to determine which of a plurality of set top boxes have requested to receive caller party information of the caller and which have not requested to receive the caller party information of the caller.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:

receiving a termination attempt message from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem when the dual mode called device is in a non-cellular mode; and

receiving a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger when the dual mode called device is in a cellular mode.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising returning a termination authorization to the internet protocol multimedia subsystem, when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, the termination authorization operable for causing a called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address and returning a customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic continue message, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode, the termination authorization causing the called party communication device associated with the called party number to ring prior to sending the caller party number to the internet protocol device address.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic termination attempt trigger and the termination authorization is routed via a parlay gateway configured to transmit messages when the dual mode phone is in the non-cellular mode, and wherein the communication request includes administrative information from a mobile switching center that has exchanged authentication, registration and location information with a home location register, when the dual mode phone is in the cellular mode.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the internet protocol device address includes

an internet address.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the internet protocol device address corresponds to the set top box, the method further comprising:

identifying a caller party name assigned to the caller party number; and

sending the caller party number and the caller party name to the internet protocol device address associated with the called party number.