Caller ID surfing

• US 9,282,177 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2015
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Inventors: Vaananen, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, MD S
• Application Number:
  US14/753,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.11, 379/88.12, 379/93.01, 379/93.17, 379/93.18, 379/93.23, 379/122, 379/136, 379/167.12, 379/20, 379/1.04, 379/88.13, 345/420
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

a contacts directory software application configured to make telephone calls; and

a contacts directory entry of said contacts directory software application configured to be displayed on a screen of the mobile subscriber terminal,

wherein the mobile subscriber terminal comprises a social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, whereby the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is arranged to retrieve data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry, based on one or more of a name, a telephone number, and an email address of the contacts directory entry,

at least some of the data derived from said social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry is configured to be displayed, and

the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is arranged to upload media files including voice, image or video 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 with one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

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

3. A telecommunication system comprising:

a social network server and a mobile subscriber terminal comprising a contacts directory software application configured to make telephone calls; and

a contacts directory entry of said contacts directory software application is configured to be displayed on a screen of the mobile subscriber terminal,

wherein the mobile subscriber terminal comprises a social network application integrated with the contacts directory software, whereby the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is arranged to retrieve data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry based on one or more of a name, a telephone number, and an email address of the contacts directory entry,

at least some of the data derived from said social network page of a party associated with the contacts directory entry is configured to be displayed, and

the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application is arranged to upload media files including voice, image or video 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 with one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

4. The telecommunication system as claimed in claim 3, wherein data to be associated with said contacts directory entry is configured to be collected from at least two social networks and the combined data is configured to be shown with said contacts directory entry.

5. 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:

reading a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application configured to make telephone calls;

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 based on one or more of a name, a telephone number, and an email address of the contacts directory entry;

displaying at least some of the data derived from said social network page of a party associated with said contacts directory entry; and

uploading, by the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, media files including voice, image or video to the social network to a communication space between a user of the mobile subscriber terminal and social network account associated with the contacts directory entry with one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

6. The software program product as claimed in claim 5, further comprising collecting data to be associated with at least one contacts directory entry from at least two social networks, and

displaying the combined data with said contacts directory entry.

7. A method, comprising:

reading a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory software application, the contacts directory software application being configured to make telephone calls and 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 direction software application;

retrieving, by a social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application at the mobile subscriber terminal, data derived from a social network page associated with the contacts directory entry based on one or more of a name, a telephone number, and an email address of the contacts directory entry;

displaying at least some of the data derived from said social network page of a party associated with said contacts directory entry; and

uploading, by the social network application integrated with the contacts directory software application, media files including voice, image or video 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 with one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising

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

displaying the combined data with said contacts directory entry.