System and method for displaying an identifier of a source on a recipient device

• US 9,521,230 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2012
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Einnovations Holdings Pte. Ltd. (PLDT, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Einnovations Holdings Pte. Ltd. (PLDT, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ibasco, Alex D., Joson, Eduardo Ramon G., Yu, William Emmanuel S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/117,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20140357245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,679 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/182 wireless circuit-switched
• 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

Abstract

A system and method for displaying an identifier of a source on a recipient device in communication with the source, the system comprising an association database defining at least one source associated with the recipient device; and a processing manager arranged to process communications from the source to the recipient device and arranged to access the association database to determine if the source is associated with the recipient device and, if so, to display an established identifier of the source, otherwise to determine the privacy settings of the source and display a further identifier on the recipient device in accordance with the determined privacy settings is disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for displaying an identifier of a source on a recipient device in communication with the source, the system comprising:

an association database maintaining a network address book; and

a processing manager configured to compare a contact list of the source with a contact list of the recipient device on the network address book in order to determine whether the source is associated with the recipient device when the source initiates a communication to the recipient device,

wherein if the source is associated with the recipient device, the processing manager controls to display an established identifier of the source on the recipient device, and

wherein if the source is not associated with the recipient device, the system is operable to determine privacy settings of the recipient device, and if determined privacy settings of the recipient device allow the recipient device to accept a communication from outside the recipient device'"'"'s social network, the system is operable to determine how an identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source, and establish a route between the source and the recipient device based at least upon information associated with how the identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processing manager is integrated with the source or the recipient device.

3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recipient device is a mobile device.

4. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the source is a mobile device.

5. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing manager includes a client interface which allows access to the system to manage the system.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a Location Based Service (LBS) to determine a location of the source.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the LBS is further configured to inform emergency services of a location of the source.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the LBS is further configured to inform at least one contact from the source.

9. The system according to claim 8, where the at least one contact is designated by the source in the processing manager.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the at least one contact from the source is designated based on frequency of interaction with the source.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the at least one contact from the source is designated based on duration of interaction with the source.

12. The system according to claim 6, wherein the LBS is further configured to access a database of registered users and determine the number of registered users of the LBS nearest to the location of the source.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the LBS is further configured to inform the number of registered users of the LBS.

14. The system according to 12, wherein the LBS is further configured to inform at least one registered user nearest to the location of the source.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the LBS is further configured to inform emergency services of the location of the source.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the LBS is further configured to access the network address book and inform at least one registered user not associated with the source.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the LBS is further configured to access the database of registered users and update the database accordingly based on an action of the at least one registered user who was informed.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the LBS is further configured to access the database of registered users and inform at least one registered user second nearest to the location of the source.

19. The system according to claim 6, wherein, upon determining that the source is watchlisted or blacklisted, the communication initiated by the source is terminated or an alert is triggered thereafter terminating the communication respectively.

20. The system according to claim 1, wherein the recipient device comprises a system log for determining whether the source is watchlisted or blacklisted.

21. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processing manager is adapted to be in a data communication with an external gateway for routing the data communication from the source to the recipient device, if the source and the recipient device are not within a same communication network.

22. The system according to claim 1, wherein the network address book is further configured to determine whether the source is associated with the recipient device by performing regular synchronization among the network address book, the source and the recipient device.

23. The system according to claim 1, wherein, if the source is not associated with the recipient device, the processing manager is operable to determine privacy settings of the source and display another identifier on the recipient device in accordance with determined privacy settings of the source, wherein the privacy settings of the source are determined based on whether the source is publicly listed, unlisted or having a masked identifier.

24. A method for displaying an identifier of a source on a recipient device in communication with the source in a system, comprising:

initiating, by the source, a communication to the recipient device;

comparing a contact list of the source with a contact list of the recipient device on a network address book;

determining whether the source is associated with the recipient device;

if the source is associated with the recipient device, displaying an established identifier of the source on the recipient device; and

if the source is not associated with the recipient device, determining, by the system, privacy settings of the recipient device, and if determined privacy settings of the recipient device allow the recipient device to accept a communication from outside the recipient device'"'"'s social network, determining, by the system, how an identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source, and establishing, by the system, a route between the source and the recipient device based at least upon information associated with how the identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

if the source is not associated with the recipient device, determining privacy settings of the source by a processing manager and displaying another identifier on the recipient device based at least upon the privacy settings of the source, wherein determining the privacy settings of the source includes determining whether the source is unlisted or has its identifier masked.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein, if the source and the recipient device are within a same communication network, the method further comprising checking if the source is blacklisted or watchlisted within the same communication network.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein, if the source is not blacklisted and watchlisted, the privacy settings of the recipient device are checked to determine whether the identifier of the source is displayed on the recipient device.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein, if the source is watchlisted, an alert is triggered and the communication from the source to the recipient device is terminated.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein, if the source is blacklisted, the communication from the source to the recipient device is terminated.

30. The method of claim 26 wherein determining how the identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source comprises determining whether the identifier of the recipient device was forwarded, downloaded or manually inputted to the source.

31. The method of claim 24, further comprising determining whether the source and the recipient device are within a same communication network, and routing the communication from the source if the source and the recipient device are not within the same communication network.

32. The method of claim 24, wherein comparing the contact list of the source with the contact list of the recipient device on a network address book includes accessing the network address book.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein the network address book is regularly synchronized with the source and the recipient device.

34. A recipient device comprising a processing manager configured to process a communication from a source to the recipient device in a system;

the processing manager configured to access an association database maintaining a network address book, and to compare a contact list of the source with a contact list of the recipient device on the network address book in order to determine whether the source is associated with the recipient device when the source initiates a communication to the recipient device;

wherein if the source is associated with the recipient device, the recipient device displays an established identifier of the source, and

wherein if the source is not associated with the recipient device, the system is operable to determine privacy settings of the recipient device, and if determined privacy settings of the recipient device allow the recipient device to accept a communication from outside the recipient device'"'"'s social network, the system is operable to determine how an identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source, and establish a route between the source and the recipient device based at least upon information associated with how the identifier of the recipient device was derived on the source.