Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing caller identification services

• US 8,848,891 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cassanova, Jeffrey, Bedingfield, James Carlton Sr., Zhang, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cattungal, Ajay
• Application Number:
  US13/544,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20120327815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.06, 379/88.14, 379/88.21, 379/142.15, 379/207.15, 379/88.17, 379/435.1, 370/328, 370/329, 370/331, 455/432.1, 455/435.1, 455/450, 455/436
• US Class Current: 379/142.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device are provided. The method includes receiving a communication request from a caller device over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number, mapping a 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 an Internet Protocol-enabled device, comprising:

mapping a telephone number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a user;

storing the mapping in a storage device;

receiving, from a mobile switching center, 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 party number of a called device associated with the communication request, the called party number indicative of the telephone number;

receiving a termination attempt trigger; and

sending, to the mobile switching center, a termination authorization trigger, the termination authorization trigger operable for causing termination of a voice communication, subject to the communication request, between the caller device and the called device;

determining which Internet Protocol-enabled devices, of a number of Internet Protocol-enabled devices associated with a user of the called device, have selectively requested to receive caller information;

retrieving, from the storage device, the Internet Protocol-enabled device address based on the determining; and

sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number;

wherein mapping the telephone number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the user is performed when a subsystem number validated by a signal transfer point over an SS7 network indicates that a service offering provided by a service provider includes the caller identification services to the Internet Protocol-enabled device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication request includes administrative information from the mobile switching center that has exchanged authentication, registration and location information with a home location register.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address includes a uniform resource locator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponds to a set top box.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponds to a television.

6. 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-enabled device address of the called party number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice network is a wireless cellular network and the caller device and the called device each comprises a cellular telephone.

8. A system for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, comprising:

a computer processing device; and

a caller identification services application executable on the computer processing device, the caller identification services application configured to implement a method, the method comprising;

mapping a telephone number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a user;

storing the mapping in a storage device;

receiving, from a mobile switching center, 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 party number of a called device associated with the communication request, the called party number indicative of the telephone number;

receiving a termination attempt trigger;

sending, to the mobile switching center, a termination authorization trigger, the termination authorization trigger operable for causing termination of a voice communication, subject to the communication request, between the caller device and the called device;

determining which Internet Protocol-enabled devices, of a number of Internet Protocol-enabled devices associated with a user of the called device, have selectively requested to receive caller information;

retrieving, from the storage device, the Internet Protocol-enabled device address based on the determining; and

sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number;

wherein mapping the telephone number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the user is performed when a subsystem number validated by a signal transfer point over an SS7 network indicates that a service offering provided by a service provider includes the caller identification services to the Internet Protocol-enabled device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the communication request includes administrative information from the mobile switching center that has exchanged authentication, registration and location information with a home location register.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address includes a uniform resource locator.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponds to a set top box.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponds to a television.

13. 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-enabled device address of the called party number.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the voice network is a wireless cellular network and the caller device and the called device each comprises a cellular telephone.

15. A computer program product for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

mapping a telephone number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a user;

storing the mapping in a storage device;

receiving, from a mobile switching center, 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 party number of a called device associated with the communication request, the called party number indicative of the telephone number;

receiving a termination attempt trigger;

sending, to the mobile switching center, a termination authorization trigger, the termination authorization trigger operable for causing termination of a voice communication, subject to the communication request, between the caller device and the called device;

determining which Internet Protocol-enabled devices, of a number of Internet Protocol-enabled devices associated with a user of the called device, have selectively requested to receive caller information;

retrieving, from the storage device, the Internet Protocol-enabled device address based on the determining; and

sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number;

wherein mapping the telephone number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the user is performed when a subsystem number validated by a signal transfer point over an SS7 network indicates that a service offering provided by a service provider includes the caller identification services to the Internet Protocol-enabled device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, 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.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address includes a uniform resource locator.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponds to a set top box.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

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-enabled device address of the called party number.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the voice network is a wireless cellular network and the caller device and the called device each comprise a cellular telephone.