Caller ID surfing

• US 9,866,685 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2016
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
• Inventors: Vaananen, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, Md S
• Application Number:
  US15/011,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: 379 8811, 379 8812, 379 9301, 379 9317, 379 9318, 379 9323, 379122, 379136, 37916712, 37920104, 379 8813, 1 1, 705 3, 434252
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/26 Devices for calling a subscriber H04M1/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• 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 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people.

Claims

1. A method for a communication system containing at least a mobile terminal, comprising:

determining at least one ID information item based on a communication session of the mobile terminal between a user of the mobile terminal and a party associated with the ID information item, different from the user of the mobile terminal;

automatically retrieving to the mobile terminal data derived from a social network account of the party associated with the ID information item;

displaying at least some of the data derived from the social network account of the party associated with the ID information item; and

during the communication session, uploading, by the mobile terminal, media data including voice, image or video to the social network to a communication space between the user of the mobile terminal and the party associated with the ID information item on the social network,

wherein the media data contain information exchanged in the communication session between the user of the mobile terminal and the party associated with the ID information item.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

collecting data to be associated with the ID information item from at least two social networks, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

automatically logging into one of the at least two social network for the user of the mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

updating a social network page of the party associated with the ID information item with the retrieved data.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

updating a social network page of the party associated with the ID information item with the media data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving further includes:

determining the social network account associated with the ID information item based on searching results from a search engine based on the ID information item.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ID information item is one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining at least one ID information item further includes:

reading a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory based on the communication session of the mobile terminal; and

displaying that at least one ID information item associated with the contacts directory entry on a screen of the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein reading the contacts directory entry of the contacts directory based on the communication session of the mobile terminal further includes:

obtaining a caller ID from the communication session of the mobile terminal; and

reading the contacts directory entry of the contacts directory using the caller ID.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program for, when being executed by a computer, performing a method for a communication system containing at least a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

determining at least one ID information item based on a communication session of the mobile terminal between a user of the mobile terminal and a party associated with the ID information item, different from the user of the mobile terminal;

automatically retrieving to the mobile terminal data derived from a social network account of the party associated with the ID information item;

displaying at least some of the data derived from the social network account of the party associated with the ID information item; and

during the communication session, uploading, by the mobile terminal, media data including voice, image or video to the social network to a communication space between the user of the mobile terminal and the party associated with the ID information item on the social network,

wherein the media data contain information exchanged in the communication session between the user of the mobile terminal and the party associated with the ID information item.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, the method further comprising

collecting data to be associated with the ID information item from at least two social networks, and

displaying the combined data with the contacts directory entry.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, the method further comprising:

automatically logging into one of the at least two social network for the user of the mobile terminal.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, the method further comprising

updating a social network page of the party associated with the ID information item with the retrieved data.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, the method further comprising

updating a social network page of the party associated with the ID information item with the media data.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the retrieving further includes:

determining the social network account associated with the ID information item based on searching results from a search engine based on the ID information item.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the ID information item is one or more of the name, the telephone number, and the email address.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the determining at least one ID information item further includes:

reading a contacts directory entry of a contacts directory based on the communication session of the mobile terminal; and

displaying that at least one ID information item associated with the contacts directory entry on a screen of the mobile terminal.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein reading the contacts directory entry of the contacts directory based on the communication session of the mobile terminal further includes:

obtaining a caller ID from the communication session of the mobile terminal; and

reading the contacts directory entry of the contacts directory using the caller ID.