Systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry

• US 9,473,886 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Modena Enterprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Katpelly, Ravi, Kandekar, Kunal, Curtis, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US14/702,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20150237476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-418, 455/445, 4554561-457, 455/563, 455/422, 455/566, 455/412, 379/114, 379/142, 379/88, 379/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include identifying a geographic location. The method may also include receiving a communication including identification information and originating from the geographic location. Further, the method may include associating the identification information with a contact entry.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of incoming communications originating from a source;

generating historical data from contextual information associated with the plurality of incoming communications;

determining the historical data meets a criterion; and

in response to determining the historical data meets the criterion;

creating a contact entry based on the historical data; and

providing a notification of the time of receipt of each incoming communication from the source after the criterion has been met.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the historical data includes a geographic location from where the incoming communications originated.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the historical data includes data representing a number of different communication types received from a source.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the historical data includes times of receipt of the incoming communications.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising characterizing the incoming communications.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising profiling the incoming communications.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the historical data meets a criterion comprises determining whether a number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein determining whether the number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number comprises determining whether the number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number each time an incoming communication has been received from the source.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the notification comprise displaying a listing of each incoming communication and a time the incoming communication was received.

10. A system comprising:

a display; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive a plurality of incoming communications originating from a source;

generate historical data from contextual information associated with the plurality of incoming communications;

determine the historical data meets a criterion; and

in response to determining the historical data meets the criterion;

create a contact entry based on the historical data; and

provide a notification of the time of receipt of each incoming communication from the source after the criterion has been met.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the historical data includes a geographic location from where the incoming communications originated.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the historical data includes data representing a number of different communication types received from a source.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the historical data includes times of receipt of the incoming communications.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to characterize the incoming communications.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to profile the incoming communications.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein to determine the historical data meets a criterion, the at least one processor is configured to determine whether a number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein to determine whether the number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number, the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the number of times incoming communications have been received from the source meets a threshold number each time an incoming communication has been received from the source.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein to provide the notification, the at least one processor is configured to display a listing of each incoming communication and a time the incoming communication was received.