Providing audio announcement to called parties
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1. A method, comprising:
- performing, by a called party device and in response to receiving a communication from a calling party, at least one of;
a lookup on a data source remote from the called party device of information relating to the calling party;
a lookup in a cache at the called party device of the information relating to the calling party;
wherein the lookup on the data source remote from the called party device of the information relating to the calling party occurs via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache;
wherein the information comprises one or more audio files; and
providing an audio announcement to the called party device based on the audio files stored in the cache, wherein the size of the cache is maintained below a predefined limit.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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performing, by a called party device and in response to receiving a communication from a calling party, at least one of; a lookup on a data source remote from the called party device of information relating to the calling party; a lookup in a cache at the called party device of the information relating to the calling party; wherein the lookup on the data source remote from the called party device of the information relating to the calling party occurs via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache; wherein the information comprises one or more audio files; and providing an audio announcement to the called party device based on the audio files stored in the cache, wherein the size of the cache is maintained below a predefined limit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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at least one device operable to perform, in response to a receipt of a communication from a calling party, at least one of; a lookup on a data source remote from the device of information that relates to the calling party; a lookup in a cache at the device of the information that relates to the calling party; wherein the lookup on the data source remote from the device of the information that relates to the calling party occurs via an Internet Protocol when the information is not available in the cache; wherein the information comprises one or more audio files; and a receipt of an audio announcement based on the audio files stored in the cache, wherein the size of the cache is maintained below a predefined limit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform:
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looking up in a cache at a called party device of information relating to a calling party; when the information is not available in the cache, looking up on a data source remote from the called party device of the information relating to the calling party; and providing an audio announcement to the called party device based on audio files stored in the cache, wherein the size of the cache is maintained below a predefined limit. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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