Location based caller identification

• US 9,398,147 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wuthnow, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US14/032,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20140018052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• 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 3/42034 Calling party identification service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0033 Notification or handling of incoming calls by a computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for selectively displaying mobile caller identification (MCID) information for an incoming mobile telephone call on one or more display devices based on a location of the destination mobile device. A location of the destination mobile device can be compared to a display condition for one or more display devices. If the display condition is met for the given device, MCID information for the incoming call is provided to and displayed on the display device. The display condition can be based on the proximity of the mobile destination device and the display device.

Claims

1. A waypoint device comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

receiving, from a mobile caller identification service, caller identification information associated with an incoming call destined for a mobile device, the caller identification information comprising an origination number of a calling device placing the incoming call and a location of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call,

querying option settings to determine how to distribute the caller identification information associated with the incoming call destined for the mobile device, the option settings comprising a location criteria and a display identifier, the display identifier identifying a first display and a second display, wherein each of the first display and the second display is remote from the mobile device for which the incoming call is destined,

determining whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to a location associated with the first display and the second display, wherein the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises a latitude and a longitude where the first display and the second display are located as well as a radius, wherein the radius defines an area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display, and wherein determining whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises determining whether the location of the mobile device is within the area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display defined by the radius,

in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria, determining, based at least in part on the option settings and the origination number of the calling device placing the incoming call, whether to distribute at least a portion of the caller identification information to the first display, the second display, or both the first display and the second display, and

transmitting, in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria and in response to determining that the at least the portion of the caller identification information is to be distributed to the first display, the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display identified by the display identifier for display, at the first display, of the at least the portion of the caller identification information associated with the incoming call destined for the mobile device without transmitting the at least the portion of the caller identification information associated with the incoming call to the second display, wherein the incoming call is routed to the mobile device for which the incoming call was destined.

2. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the waypoint device further comprises the first display.

3. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the first display is in communication with the waypoint device.

4. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise causing the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service to be presented on a third display.

5. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the option settings indicate how the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service should be presented on the first display.

6. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the option settings further comprise at least one of:

a first allow list used to identify origination numbers that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a second allow list used to identify caller identification text that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a first block list used to identify origination numbers that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a second block list used to identify caller identification text that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a picture option used to assign a picture to a telephone number;

a delivery option used to identify a day of week and a time of day during which delivery of the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display is allowed;

or

a location option used to define the location of the first display.

17. The waypoint device of claim 1, wherein the caller identification information is received by the waypoint device in response to the mobile caller identification service determining that a subscriber preference database includes a listing of a destination number of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, at a waypoint device comprising a processor, from a mobile caller identification service, caller identification information associated with an incoming call destined for a mobile device, the caller identification information comprising an origination number of a calling device placing the incoming call and a location of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call;

querying, by the processor, option settings to determine how to distribute the caller identification information associated with the incoming call destined for the mobile device, the option settings comprising a location criteria and a display identifier, the display identifier identifying a first display and a second display, wherein each of the first display and the second display is remote from the mobile device for which the incoming call is destined;

determining, by the processor, whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to a location associated with the first display and the second display, wherein the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises a latitude and a longitude where the first display and the second display are located as well as a radius, wherein the radius defines an area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display, and wherein determining whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises determining whether the location of the mobile device is within the area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display defined by the radius;

in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria, determining, by the processor based at least in part on the option settings and the origination number of the calling device placing the incoming call, whether to distribute at least a portion of the caller identification information to the first display, the second display, or both the first display and the second display; and

transmitting, by the processor, in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria and in response to determining that the at least the portion of the caller identification information is to be distributed to the first display, the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display identified by the display identifier for display, at the first display, of the at least the portion of the caller identification information destined for the incoming call routed to the mobile device without transmitting the at least the portion of the caller identification information associated with the incoming call to the second display, wherein the incoming call is routed to the mobile device for which the incoming call was destined.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the waypoint device comprises the first display.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first display is in communication with the waypoint device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising causing, by the waypoint device, the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service to be presented on a third display.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the option settings indicate how the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service should be presented on the first display.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the option settings further comprise at least one of:

a first allow list used to identify origination numbers that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a second allow list used to identify caller identification text that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a first block list used to identify origination numbers that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a second block list used to identify caller identification text that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a picture option used to assign a picture to a telephone number;

a delivery option used to identify a day of week and a time of day during which delivery of the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display is allowed;

or

a location option used to define the location of the first display.

18. The method of claim 7, wherein the caller identification information is received by the waypoint device in response to the mobile caller identification service determining that a subscriber preference database includes a listing of a destination number of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a waypoint device comprising a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a mobile caller identification service, caller identification information associated with an incoming call destined for a mobile device, the caller identification information comprising an origination number of a calling device placing the incoming call and a location of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call;

querying option settings to determine how to distribute the caller identification information associated with the incoming call destined for the mobile device, the option settings comprising a location criteria and a display identifier, the display identifier identifying a first display and a second display, wherein each of the first display and the second display is remote from the mobile device for which the incoming call is destined;

determining whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to a location associated with the first display and the second display, wherein the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises a latitude and a longitude where the first display and the second display are located as well as a radius, wherein the radius defines an area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display, and wherein determining whether the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria by comparing the location of the mobile device to the location associated with the first display and the second display comprises determining whether the location of the mobile device is within the area around the latitude and the longitude of the first display and the second display defined by the radius;

in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria, determining, based at least in part on the option settings and the origination number of the calling device placing the incoming call, whether to distribute at least a portion of the caller identification information to the first display, the second display, or both the first display and the second display; and

transmitting, in response to determining that the location of the mobile device meets the location criteria and in response to determining that the at least the portion of the caller identification information is to be distributed to the first display, the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display identified by the display identifier for display, at the first display, of the at least the portion of the caller identification information associated with the incoming call destined for the mobile device without transmitting the at least the portion of the caller identification information associated with the incoming call to the second display, wherein the incoming call is routed to the mobile device for which the incoming call was destined.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise causing the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service to be presented on a third display.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the option settings indicate how the at least the portion of the caller identification information received from the mobile caller identification service should be presented on the first display.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the option settings further comprise at least one of:

a first allow list used to identify origination numbers that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a second allow list used to identify caller identification text that are allowed to be presented on the first display;

a first block list used to identify origination numbers that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a second block list used to identify caller identification text that are not allowed to be presented on the second display;

a picture option used to assign a picture to a telephone number;

a delivery option used to identify a day of week and a time of day during which delivery of the at least the portion of the caller identification information to the first display is allowed;

or

a location option used to define the location of the first display.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the caller identification information is received by the waypoint device in response to the mobile caller identification service determining that a subscriber preference database includes a listing of a destination number of the mobile device destined to receive the incoming call.