Enhanced caller ID with recipient-selected caller information display

• US 9,444,946 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: White, Scott, Cansler, James Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laekemariam, Yosef K
• Application Number:
  US13/306,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20120076285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142.17, 379/142.14, 379/142.06, 379/142.01, 379/142.04, 379/142.07, 379/142.09, 379/29.09, 379/88.11, 379/121.04, 379/201.04
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card

Abstract

A method includes receiving an incoming call at a first device. The method includes determining whether second caller identification information is available at the first device based on first caller identification information received with the incoming call. The method further includes retrieving the second caller identification information in response to determining that the second caller identification information is available at the first device. The method further includes presenting a graphical display at a display device. The graphical display includes a plurality of caller information fields. The plurality of caller information fields are populated based on the first caller identification information and based on the second caller identification information. The graphical display also includes a user selectable edit option to edit the second caller identification information during the incoming call. The method further includes modifying the second caller identification information in response to selection of the user selectable edit option.

Claims

1. A computer-readable device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an incoming call at a first device, the incoming call associated with incoming caller identification information associated with a second device;

determining, based on the incoming caller identification information, whether supplemental information associated with the second device is available from a memory of the first device, wherein the supplemental information includes first information not included in the incoming caller identification information and an image, and wherein the image is selected from an email attachment stored at a third device; and

in response to determining that the supplemental information is available, presenting a graphical display at a display device in response to the incoming call, the graphical display including;

a plurality of caller information fields, wherein the plurality of caller information fields are populated based on the incoming caller identification information and based on the first information not included in the incoming caller identification information; and

a display inset for the image.

2. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the graphical display includes a user selectable edit option to edit the first information.

3. The computer-readable device of claim 2, further comprising, in response to a first selection of the user selectable edit option, modifying the first information.

4. The computer-readable device of claim 3, wherein modifying the first information comprises:

receiving a second selection of a user-defined set of caller information fields from the plurality of caller information fields; and

updating the graphical display to present the user-defined set of caller information fields.

5. The computer-readable device of claim 2, further comprising, in response to a first selection of the user selectable edit option, displaying a menu that enables access to particular information available for use as the first information.

6. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the first device is a media device and the display device is a television screen, and wherein the graphical display is presented at a first window at the television screen without interrupting presentation of content displayed at the television screen when the incoming call is received.

7. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the first device is a communication device and the display device is a display screen of the communication device.

8. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the first device is a communications device.

9. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the third device is one of a media playback device, a wireless communication device, a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, a voice over internet protocol terminal, a game console, an electronic address book, a digital camera, a data storage device, a network server, and a television device.

10. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the graphical display further includes a cancel button to remove caller information.

11. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information includes a name of a spouse associated with a particular person identified by the caller identification information, a name of a child of the particular person, a birthday of the particular person, a birthday of the spouse, a birthday of the child, a business address of the particular person, an email address of the particular person, a residential address of the particular person, a name of a pet of the particular person, a species of the pet, a website associated with the particular person, a relationship between a person associated with the first device and the particular person, a gender of the particular person, a marital status of the particular person, or any combination thereof.

12. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein determining whether the supplemental information is available includes mapping first data included in the incoming caller identification information to second data included in the supplemental information.

13. The computer-readable device of claim 1, wherein the graphical display includes a user selectable edit option, and wherein the user selectable edit option enables a recipient of the incoming call to configure the graphical display to display a first portion of information associated with a particular caller information field of the plurality of caller information fields and to not display a second portion of the information associated with the particular caller information field.

14. A method comprising:

receiving an incoming call at a first device, the incoming call associated with incoming caller identification information associated with a second device;

determining, based on the incoming caller identification information, whether supplemental information associated with the second device is available at the first device from a memory of the first device, wherein the supplemental information includes first information not included in the incoming caller identification information and an image, and wherein the image is selected from an email attachment stored at a third device; and

in response to determining that the supplemental information is available, presenting a graphical display at a display device in response to the incoming call, the graphical display including;

a plurality of caller information fields, wherein the plurality of caller information fields are populated based on the incoming caller identification information and based on the first information not included in the incoming caller identification information; and

a display inset for the image.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical display includes a user selectable edit option to edit the first information.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising, in response to a selection of the user selectable edit option, modifying the first information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein determining whether the supplemental information is available includes mapping first data included in the incoming caller identification information to second data included in the supplemental information.

18. A media device comprising:

a database of supplemental information in a memory, wherein the supplemental information includes first caller information associated with a calling device not included in caller identification information and an image, wherein the first caller information and the image are designated by a user of the media device as assigned to particular caller identification information, and wherein the image is selected from an email attachment stored at device other than the media device;

a video display output to send, based on incoming caller identification information, the particular caller identification information to a display device coupled to the media device in response to receiving an incoming call; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by a processor to;

send a user interface to the display device in response to receiving the incoming call, wherein the user interface displays the image at a display inset and populates a plurality of caller information fields based on the incoming caller identification information received with the incoming call and based on the first caller information not included in the incoming caller identification information, wherein a first field of the caller information fields indicates a marital status of a person associated with the calling device, and wherein a second field of the caller information fields indicates a name of a spouse when the first field indicates a married status.

19. The media device of claim 18, wherein the supplemental information includes a plurality of images associated with a caller, and wherein the image is one of the plurality of images and is designated by the user for display when a call is received from the caller.

20. The media device of claim 19, wherein the user interface includes a user selectable edit option, and further comprising instructions stored in the memory that are executable by the processor to, in response to a first selection of the user selectable edit option:

access a second plurality of images;

receive a second selection of a second image from among the second plurality of images;

associate the second image with the caller; and

store the second image in the database as associated with the incoming caller identification information.