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Picture caller ID systems, methods and apparatus

  • US 8,295,819 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/2005
  • Issued: 10/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed on a picture server connected to a telecommunications network, comprising:

  • storing a plurality of contact files, each contact file having an associated user profile configured by a picture owner and defining access control rules for the contact file;

    receiving, at the picture sever from a first wireless device, a request for a remote picture corresponding to a caller identifier (ID) identifying a second wireless device, the caller ID transmitted to the first wireless device from the second wireless device;

    determining that the caller ID is not associated with any contact file of the plurality of contact files;

    generating an information/picture request message;

    sending the information/picture request to an address derived from the caller ID;

    receiving an information/picture file;

    storing an information portion of the information/picture file as the user profile of a contact file associated with the caller ID; and

    storing a picture portion of the information/picture file as a picture of the contact file associated with the caller ID;

    verifying, using the user profile for the associated contact file, that the stored picture is authorized to be sent; and

    transporting the stored picture to the first wireless device.

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