Caller ID surfing

• US 8,983,039 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2010
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Suinno Oy
• Inventors: Vnnen, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, Md S
• Application Number:
  US12/774,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20110274260A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,777 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.01, 379/93.23, 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/93.17, 379/93.18, 379/122, 379/136, 379/167.12, 379/201.04, 379/88.13, 726/3, 1/1, 345/420
• US Class Current: 379/88.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/26 Devices for calling a subscriber H04M1/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 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 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people.

Claims

1. A mobile subscriber terminal, comprising:

one or more processing devices;

a screen;

a contacts directory software application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the screen being configured to display a contacts directory entry of the contacts directory software application; and

a social network application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the social network application being integrated with the contacts directory software application, the social network application being configured to retrieve data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry, of a social network,

wherein the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry is displayed on the screen, and

the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is configured to upload media files, associated with the contacts directory entry, to the social network to a communication space between a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and a social network account associated with the contacts directory entry during the call, the media files being one or more of voice, image, and video files.

2. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the contacts directory entry.

3. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a call log software application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the screen being configured to display a call log entry of the call log application.

4. The mobile subscriber terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the call log entry.

5. A telecommunication system, comprising:

a social network server; and

a mobile subscriber terminal comprising

one or more processing devices,

a screen,

a contacts directory software application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the screen being configured to display a contacts directory entry of the contacts directory software application, and

a social network application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the social network application being integrated with the contacts directory software application, the social network application being configured to retrieve data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry, of a social network during a call to the mobile subscriber terminal,

wherein the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry is displayed on the screen, and

the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is configured to upload media files, associated with the contacts directory entry, to the social network to a communication space between a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and a social network account associated with the contacts directory entry during the call, the media files being one or more of voice, image, and video files.

6. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the contacts directory entry.

7. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal further comprises a call log software application configured to be executed by the one or more processing devices, the screen being configured to display a call log entry of the call log application.

8. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein data to be associated with the contacts directory entry is collected from at least two social networks and combined, and

the combined data is displayed with the call log entry.

9. A software program product embodied in a non-transitory storage medium configured to cause one or more processing devices to execute a method, the method comprising:

displaying a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application on a screen of a mobile subscriber terminal;

retrieving, by a social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry, of a social network during a call to the mobile subscriber terminal;

displaying the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry; and

uploading, by the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, media files, associated with the contacts directory entry, to the social network to a communication space between a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and a social network account associated with the contacts directory entry during the call, the media files being one or more of voice, image, and video files.

10. The software program product as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

collecting data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry.

11. The software program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal includes a call log software application, and

the method further comprises displaying a call log entry of the call log application on the screen.

12. The software program product as claimed in claim 11, further comprising collecting data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the call log entry.

13. A method comprising:

displaying a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application on a screen of a mobile subscriber terminal, the contacts directory software application being provided at a software program product embodied in a non-transitory storage medium configured to cause one or more processing devices to execute the contacts directory software application;

retrieving, by a social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry, of a social network during a call to the mobile subscriber terminal;

displaying the retrieved data derived from the social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry; and

uploading, by the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, media files, associated with the contacts directory entry, to the social network to a communication space between a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and a social network account associated with the contacts directory entry during the call, the media files being one or more of voice, image, and video files.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

collecting data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein a call log software application is provided at the software program product embodied in the non-transitory storage medium configured to cause the one or more processing devices to execute the call log software application, and

the method further comprises displaying a call log entry of the call log software application on the screen.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising collecting data to be associated with the contacts directory entry from at least two social networks and combining the collected data, and

displaying the combined data with the call log entry.