Providing audio announcement to called parties

• US 8,548,140 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: First Orion Corporation
• Original Assignee: I D You, LLC (Accudata Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Martino, Monica Rose, Nguyen, Kevin V, Smith, M. Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US12/890,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20110013754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.01, 379/142.04, 379/142.06, 379/142.1, 379/207.12, 455/415
• US Class Current: 379/142.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/573 Line monitoring circuits for detecting caller identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/642 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• 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 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0039 where the data service is provided by a stream of packets which are rendered in real time by the receiving terminal network streaming of media packets H04L65/60

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files.

Claims

1. A method for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network, the method comprising:

receiving communication from a calling party;

performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party, wherein the information comprises one or more audio files;

providing an audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files;

storing the audio files in a cache; and

maintaining the size of the cache below a predefined limit.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising verifying the status of an audio indicator.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the lookup of the audio files is performed if the status of the audio indicator is set as active.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the lookup of the audio files is not performed if the status of the audio indicator is set as inactive.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing comprises streaming the audio announcement to the called party.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing comprises:

downloading the audio files at the called party; and

playing the audio announcement from the audio files.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a first module for playing the audio announcement based on a playback preference; and

selecting a default module for playing the audio announcement when the first module is not available.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first module comprises at least one of a headset, a speaker and a Bluetooth device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication to the called party include one or more of a call or a message.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the sending party further comprises at least one of a telephone number of the sending party, a name, a city, a state, an address, a photo, a video, a text, a hyperlink, and any other information that can be sent via the Internet protocol connection.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in the cache at the called party; and

performing the lookup of the information in the database via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache.

12. A system for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network, the system comprising:

at least one device for receiving communication from a calling party; and

at least one database for storing information associated with the calling party, wherein the at least one device is operable to perform a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party, wherein the information comprises one or more audio files, and provide an audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files;

and wherein the at least one device stores the audio files in a cache and maintains the size of the cache below a predefined limit.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is further operable to:

perform a lookup of information relating to the calling party in the cache at the called party; and

perform the lookup of the information in the database via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is further operable to verify the status of an audio indicator.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is operable to stream the audio announcement to the called party.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the device is further operable to:

download the audio files at the called party; and

play the audio announcement from the audio files.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a device for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:

receiving communication from a calling party;

performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party, wherein the information comprises one or more audio files;

providing an audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files;

storing the audio files in a cache; and

maintaining the size of the cache below a predefined limit.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions for:

performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in the cache at the called party; and

performing the lookup of the information in the database via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions for:

downloading the audio files at the called party; and

playing the audio announcement from the audio files.