System and method of enhanced caller-ID display using a personal address book
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a set-top box a call signal including a caller identifier from a network, the caller identifier including a calling number and optionally a billing name associated with the calling number;
retrieving an alias associated with the calling number from a personal address book stored in a memory of the set-top box; and
providing a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias to a display device.
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Abstract
In one particular embodiment, a method includes receiving at a set-top box a call signal including a caller identifier from a network, where the caller identifier includes a calling number and a billing name associated with the calling number. An alias (or display name) associated with the calling number is retrieved from a personal address book stored in a memory of the set-top box. A modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias is provided to a display device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a set-top box a call signal including a caller identifier from a network, the caller identifier including a calling number and optionally a billing name associated with the calling number;
retrieving an alias associated with the calling number from a personal address book stored in a memory of the set-top box; and
providing a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A set-top box comprising:
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a memory to store a personal address book; and
logic coupled to a display device, to the memory, and to a public switched telephone network, the logic to receive a call signal including a calling number from the public switched telephone network and to retrieve a display name from the personal address book corresponding to the calling number, the logic to provide the calling number and the display name to the display device when the calling number matches a number of the personal address book. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A processor readable medium embodying processor readable instructions to provide caller identification functions, the processor readable instructions comprising:
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instructions to search a personal address book for a stored number corresponding to a calling number in response to receiving a caller identifier including the calling number and an associated billing name;
instructions to retrieve a display name associated with the calling number from the personal address book; and
instructions to generate an output signal including the calling number and the display name. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving at an analog telephony adapter (ATA) unit a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call signal including a caller identifier, the caller identifier including a calling number and a billing name associated with the calling number;
retrieving a display name associated with the calling number from a personal address book; and
providing a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the display name to a caller ID device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A multi-function unit comprising:
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a memory to store a personal address book; and
logic coupled to the memory and to a public switched telephone network, the logic to receive a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call signal including a calling number and a billing name from the public switched telephone network, the logic to retrieve a display name from the personal address book corresponding to the calling number and to provide the calling number and the display name to a display device when the calling number matches a calling number of the personal address book. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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