System and method for modifying communication information (MCI)

• US 9,288,317 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nobelbiz Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nobelbiz Incorporated
• Inventors: Siminoff, James
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, QUYNH H
• Application Number:
  US13/013,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20120189111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,876 Days
• Field of Search: 379/201.01, 379/220.01, 379/221.14, 379/142.06
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

A system for processing a call originated by a call originator to a call target. The system having an information processor configured to receive origination information for the call including identifying information of the call originator. The system further having a database storing modified call originator identifying information indexed by call modification triggers. The information processor is further configured to access the database, to determine at least one of the call modification triggers is satisfied according to the origination information, and to retrieve modified call originator identifying information indexed to the at least one satisfied call modification trigger, for transmission to the call target.

Claims

1. A system for processing a call to a call target, the system comprising:

a database storing outbound call originator identifying information indexed by call modification triggers; and

an information processor configured to;

receive information for the call including at least an area code of the phone number of the call target;

access the database to determine whether one of the call modification triggers is satisfied by the area code of the call target;

retrieve outbound call originator identifying information indexed to the satisfied call modification trigger, where the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is a phone number having an area code matching the area code of the phone number of the call target; and

transmitting the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information to the call target in connection with an outbound call.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is embedded in one of a carrier network, a private branch exchange, a communications device, a corporate phone system, a predictive dialer, and a call distribution system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is a phone number having an area code and a prefix matching the area code a prefix of the phone number of the call target.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is a phone number having an area code different from an area code of a telephone number of a call originator.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is at least part of the call originator'"'"'s private branch exchange, communications device, corporate phone system, predictive dialer, or call distribution system.

6. A computer for processing a call to a call target, comprising:

memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and

a processor for executing the program code stored in the memory, wherein the program code comprises;

code for receiving information for the call by an information processor including at least an area code of the call target;

code for accessing a database by the information processor, the database storing outbound call originator identifying information indexed by call modification triggers;

code for determining by the information processor that at least one of the call modification triggers is satisfied by an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of an area code of the call target;

code for retrieving outbound call originator identifying information indexed to the at least one satisfied call modification trigger from the database by the information processor where the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is a phone number having an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of the area code of the call target; and

code for transmitting the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information to the call target in connection with an outbound call.

7. The computer of claim 6, wherein:

wherein the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information has at least an area code the same as the area code of the call target.

8. The computer of claim 6, wherein the satisfied call modification trigger has at least an area code the same as the area code of the call target.

9. The computer of claim 6, wherein the geographic region is one of a state and other municipality smaller than a state.

10. The computer of claim 6, wherein the area code of the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is associated with a state different from a state associated with the area code of the call target.

11. The computer of claim 6, wherein the computer is embedded in one of a carrier network, a private branch exchange, a communications device, a corporate phone system, a predictive dialer, and a call distribution system.

12. The computer of claim 6, wherein the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information has at least an area code and a prefix the same as the area code and a prefix of the call target.

13. The computer of claim 6, wherein the computer is at least part of the call originator'"'"'s private branch exchange, communications device, corporate phone system, predictive dialer, or call distribution system.

14. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon, the code for processing a call to a call target comprising:

code for receiving information for the call by an information processor including at least an area code of the call target;

code for accessing a database by the information processor, the database storing outbound call originator identifying information indexed by call modification triggers;

code for determining by the information processor that at least one of the call modification triggers is satisfied based on an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of an area code of the call target;

code for retrieving outbound call originator identifying information indexed to the at least one matching call modification trigger from the database by the information processor, where the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is a phone number having an area code from a geographic region the same as a geographic region of the area code of the call target; and

code for transmitting the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information to the call target in connection with an outbound call.

15. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information has at least an area code the same as the area code of the call target.

16. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the satisfied call modification trigger has at least an area code the same as the area code of the call target.

17. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the area code of the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information is associated with a state different from a state associated with the area code of the call target.

18. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the code is executed in a computer embedded in one of a carrier network, a private branch exchange, a communications device, a corporate phone system, a predictive dialer, and a call distribution system.

19. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the retrieved outbound call originator identifying information has at least an area code and a prefix the same as the area code and a prefix of the call target.

20. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable software code stored thereon of claim 14, wherein the code is executed in a computer that is at least part of the call originator'"'"'s private branch exchange, communications device, corporate phone system, predictive dialer, or call distribution system.