System and method for providing telephone call notification and management in a network environment

• US 9,509,837 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2006
• 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: Van Wyk, Ryan, Bearden, Brian, Steinbrueck, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Laekemariam, Yosef K
• Application Number:
  US14/966,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20160100052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.21, 379/93.03, 379/142.06, 379/142.07, 379/142.04, 379/142.01, 379/272
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• 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: H04M 15/56 for VoIP communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems

Abstract

Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to receive an incoming call message via a data interface upon activation of a trigger established with a voice communication network and activated when the voice communication network receives an incoming call to a destination identified by a pre-determined subscriber account; generate a call notification in response to the incoming call message; obtain a list of set-top boxes corresponding to the predetermined subscriber account; and route the call notification to the set-top boxes on the list.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

selecting a media processor from a group of media processors based on an identification of media content being presented by the media processor when an incoming call message is received; and

routing a call notification, in response to the incoming call message, to the selected media processor,

wherein the routing of the call notification is based in part on a pre-selected configuration for the selected media processor by a network subscriber, the configuration comprising a time of day, a day of the week, or a combination thereof for receiving call notifications at the selected media processor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the incoming call message over a network upon activation of a network trigger; and

generating the call notification.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the call notification is generated in accordance with preconfigured subscriber preferences.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the incoming call message comprises receiving caller identity information, wherein the operations further comprise using the caller identity information to obtain a caller name associated with the incoming call, and wherein generating the call notification comprises including the caller name in the call notification.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the caller name is obtained from a subscriber address book in a network address book.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the routing of the call notification is based in part on monitoring of a status of the selected media processor, and wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the call notification is routed to the selected media processor for display on a display device, and wherein the operations further comprise receiving viewer input in response to activation of a soft button displayed with the call notification.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise removing display of the call notification from the display device responsive to the viewer input.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise updating subscriber preferences to disable display of future call notifications responsive to the viewer input.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the viewer input comprises a control input originated at a remote control device of the display device.

11. A method, comprising:

selecting, by a system comprising a processor, a media processor from a group of media processors based on an identification of media content being presented by the media processor when a message regarding an incoming communication is received;

receiving, by the system, the message regarding the incoming communication;

generating, by the system, a notification in response to the message; and

routing, by the system, the notification to the selected media processor,

wherein the routing of the notification is based in part on a pre-selected configuration for the selected media processor, the configuration comprising a time of day, a day of the week, or a combination thereof for receiving notifications at the selected media processor.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the message is received over a network upon activation of a network trigger, and wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the message comprises receiving caller identity information, and further comprising using the caller identity information to obtain a caller name associated with the incoming communication.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the notification comprises including the caller name in the notification.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the caller name is obtained from a subscriber address book in a network address book.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the notification is routed to the selected media processor for display on a display device, and further comprising receiving viewer input in response to activation of a soft button displayed with the notification.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

selecting a media processor from a group of media processors based on an identification of media content being presented by the media processor when a message regarding an incoming communication is received;

receiving the message via a network;

generating a notification in response to the message; and

routing the notification to the selected media processor,

wherein the routing of the notification is based in part on a pre-selected configuration for the selected media processor by a network subscriber, the configuration comprising a time of day, a day of the week, or a combination thereof for receiving notifications at the selected media processor.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the notification is generated in accordance with preconfigured subscriber preferences.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the routing of the notification is based in part on monitoring of a status of the selected media processor, and wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the notification is routed to the selected media processor for display on a display device, and wherein the operations further comprise receiving viewer input in response to activation of a soft button displayed with the notification.