Call handling based on user profile identification

• US 9,247,428 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sankaranarayanan, Ananth, Mian, Mubashir A., Baca, Jim S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phuong, Dai A
• Application Number:
  US13/976,034
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 455410-4141, 455/415, 455/418, 455/566, 455/567
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/66 user interface aspects for indicating selection options for a communication line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42238 in systems with telephone lines with multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Technologies for handling a call based on user identification include determining a personal profile identification for a user of a communal mobile communication device and initiating a call to a personal communication device using a phone number of the personal communication device and the personal profile identification. The personal communication device may apply a call treatment to the incoming call based on the personal profile identification. Additionally, the personal communication device may originate a call to a call recipient of the communal mobile communication device using a personal profile identification to identify the call recipient. The communal mobile communication device may apply a call treatment to the incoming call based on the personal profile identification.

Claims

1. A communal mobile communication device for handling calls based on user identification, the communal mobile communication device comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

a data storage having stored therein a personal profile database including a plurality of personal profile identifications;

an outgoing call handler module to (i) determine a personal profile identification from the plurality of personal profile identifications that identifies a user of the communal mobile communication device from other users, wherein the personal profile identification comprises information that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device (ii) determine, based on the personal profile identification, a phone number of a personal mobile communication device of a call recipient selected to receive a call from the communal mobile communication device, and (iii) initiate the call from the communal mobile communication device and to the personal mobile communication device using the phone number and the personal profile identification to identify the user; and

an incoming call handler module to receive a plurality of incoming calls, wherein each incoming call includes a corresponding personal profile identification that identifies a call recipient to receive the corresponding incoming call.

2. The communal mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein to determine the personal profile identification comprises to:

authenticate the user to the communal mobile communication device; and

retrieve, in response to authentication of the user, the personal profile identification from the personal profile database based on the authentication of the user.

3. The communal mobile communication device of claim 2, wherein to authenticate the user comprises to:

determine whether the personal profile identification for the authenticated user exists in the personal profile database; and

set the personal profile identification to a default personal profile identification in response to the determination that the personal profile identification for the user does not exist in the personal profile database.

4. The communal mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the personal profile identification comprises at least one of (i) a numerical sequence that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, (ii) an e-mail address that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, or (iii) a passkey that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device.

5. The communal mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein to initiate the call comprises to generate an outgoing phone number comprising (i) the phone number of the personal mobile communication device, (ii) the phone number of the communal mobile communication device, and (iii) the personal profile identification.

6. The communal mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the outgoing call handler further to record call metrics of the call for the user of the communal mobile communication device.

7. The communal mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the incoming call handler module is further to:

determine a call treatment for a first incoming call of the plurality of incoming calls based on the corresponding personal profile identification included in the first incoming call; and

announce the first incoming call on the communal mobile communication device using the determined call treatment.

8. The communal mobile communication device of claim 7, wherein to determine the call treatment for the first incoming call comprises to retrieve call treatment data from the personal profile database based on the corresponding personal profile identification.

9. The communal mobile communication device of claim 7, wherein:

to determine the call treatment comprises to retrieve a ringtone associated with the call recipient based on the corresponding personal profile identification, and

to announce the incoming call comprises to play the ringtone on the communal mobile communication device.

10. One or more non-transitory machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, causes a communal mobile communication device to:

determine a personal profile identification from a plurality of personal profile identifications stored in a personal profile database for a user of the communal mobile communication device, wherein the personal profile identification includes information that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device;

determine, based on the personal profile identification, a phone number of a personal mobile communication device of a call recipient selected to receive the call;

initiate the call from the communal mobile communication device to the personal mobile communication device using the phone number and the personal profile identification to identify the user; and

receive a plurality of incoming calls, wherein each incoming call includes a corresponding personal profile identification that identifies a call recipient to receive the corresponding incoming call.

11. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein to determine the personal profile identification comprises to:

authenticate the user to the communal mobile communication device; and

retrieve, in response to authentication of the user, the personal profile identification from the personal profile database of the communal mobile communication device based on the authentication of the user.

12. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 11, wherein to authenticate the user comprises to:

determine whether the personal profile identification for the authenticated user exists in the personal profile database; and

set the personal profile identification to a default personal profile identification in response to the personal profile identification for the user not existing in the personal profile database.

13. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the personal profile identification comprises at least one of:

(i) a numerical sequence that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, (ii) an e-mail address that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, or (iii) a passkey that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device.

14. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein to initiate the call comprises to generate an outgoing phone number comprising (i) the phone number of the personal mobile communication device, (ii) the phone number of the communal mobile communication device, and (iii) the personal profile identification.

15. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further cause the mobile communication device to record call metrics of the call for the user of the communal mobile communication device.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further cause the mobile communication device to:

determine a call treatment for a first incoming call of the plurality of incoming calls based on the corresponding personal profile identification included in the first incoming call; and

announce the first incoming call on the communal mobile communication device using the determined call treatment.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 16, wherein to determine a call treatment comprises to apply a default call treatment in response to the corresponding personal profile identification not existing in an incoming call policy database of the communal mobile communication device.

18. A method for handling a call based on user identification, the method comprising:

determining a personal profile identification from a plurality of personal profile identifications stored in a personal profile database for a user of a communal mobile communication device, wherein the personal profile identification comprises information that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device;

determining, on the communal mobile communication device and based on the personal profile identification, a phone number of a personal mobile communication device of a call recipient selected to receive the call;

initiating the call from the communal mobile communication device to the personal mobile communication device using the phone number and the personal profile identification to identify the user; and

receiving a plurality of incoming calls, wherein each incoming call includes a corresponding personal profile identification that identifies a call recipient to receive the corresponding incoming call.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the personal profile identification comprises:

authenticating the user to the communal mobile communication device; and

retrieving, in response to authentication of the user, a personal profile identification from the personal profile database of the communal mobile communication device based on the authentication of the user.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein authenticating the user comprises:

determining whether a personal profile identification for the authenticated user exists in the personal profile database; and

setting the personal profile identification to a default personal profile identification in response to the personal profile identification for the user not existing in the personal profile database.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the personal profile identification comprises at least one of:

(i) determining a numerical sequence that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, (ii) retrieving an e-mail address that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device, or (iii) retrieving a passkey that uniquely identifies the user from other authorized users of the communal mobile communication device.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein initiating the call comprises generating an outgoing phone number comprising (i) the phone number of the personal mobile communication device, (ii) the phone number of the communal mobile communication device, and (iii) the personal profile identification.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising recording call metrics of the call for the user of the communal mobile communication device.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

determining a call treatment for a first incoming call of the plurality of incoming calls based on the corresponding personal profile identification included in the first incoming call; and

announcing the first incoming call on the communal mobile communication device using the determined call treatment.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein determining a call treatment comprises applying a default call treatment in response to the corresponding personal profile identification not existing in an incoming call policy database of the communal mobile communication device.