Forwarding telephone data via email

• US 6,940,958 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2001
• Issued: 09/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Clapper, Edward O.
• Primary Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US09/922,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20030026402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,496 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379 68- 69, 379/85, 379/87, 379 8811- 8815, 379/88.17, 379 8819- 8823, 379/88.26, 379/93.01, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 379/93.28, 379/142.15, 379/142.17, 379/142.01, 379/142.06, 379/93.12, 379/142.13, 379/201.03, 379/221.02, 379/265.01, 379/265.09, 379/265.12, 379/266.04, 379/266.07
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/652 Means for playing back the recorded messages by remote control over a telephone line H04M1/658 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/658 Means for redirecting recorded messages to other extensions or equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• 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: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service

Abstract

A communication such as a telephone call is received, bearing identification information such as caller ID. The received audio signals if any, is encoded and stored. The identification information is used to look up additional information about the sender of the communication, such as by using the caller ID information to search the internet, for example by doing a reverse telephone number lookup. The user is presented with a graphical representation of this, and prior, communications, such as via an html page, and can select individual communications for playback, deletion, and the like. If the user is at a remote location, the encoded communications may be forwarded to that location, such as in the form of email attachments.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a communication from a sender on a first processor-based system, the communication including an incoming audio message for storage and sender identification information;

connecting to the Internet to search one or more remote websites for information correlated with the sender identification information;

creating a second communication on the first processor-based system, the second communication including the stored audio message and sender identification information; and

selectively sending the second communication to a local presentation interface or to a remote client, if sending to a remote client sending over the Internet.

2. The method of claim 1 further including storing the sender identification information and the correlated information received from a remote website.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein creating a second communication includes creating the second communication using the stored information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein creating a second communication includes creating an email, the email to include the stored audio message as an attachment.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein creating a second communication includes creating a hypertext markup language page, the hypertext markup language page including a hyperlink to the stored audio message.

6. The method of claim 5 including receiving a request for the audio message, the audio message to be forwarded as an MP3 file.

7. The method of claim 1 further including displaying the second communication on said first processor-based system.

8. The method of claim 1 including receiving a subsequent communication from the same sender, and determining if a preset time period has expired.

9. The method of claim 8 including in response to the expiration of the preset time, connecting to the Internet to search one or more remote websites for changes in the correlated information, and if there is no change retrieving the correlated information from storage.

10. A personal computer-like appliance comprising:

a telephone mechanism to connect said appliance to a network and to receive a communication from a sender, the communication including an incoming audio message to be recorded and sender identification information;

a composer to compose a second communication capable of being sent via the Internet, the second communication to include the recorded audio message and sender identification information; and

a presentation interface for said appliance to display the second communication.

11. The personal computer-like appliance as defined in claim 10 further comprising:

an Internet client to selectively transmit the second communication to a remote client.

12. The personal computer-like appliance as defined in claim 10 further comprising:

a search director to search a remote website using the sender identification information, for correlated information related to the sender.

13. The personal computer-like appliance as defined in claim 12 further comprising:

a memory to store the audio message, the sender identification information and the correlated information.

14. An article storing machine-readable instructions that, if executed, enable a first processor-based system to:

receive a communication from a sender, the communication to include an incoming audio message for storage and sender identification information;

connect to the Internet to search one or more remote websites for information correlated with the sender identification information;

create a different communication on said first processor-based system, the different communication to include the stored audio message and the sender identification information; and

selectively send the different communication to a local presentation interface for the first processor-based system, or over the Internet to a remote client.

15. The article of claim 14 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to store the sender identification information and the correlated information received from a remote website.

16. The article of claim 15 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to create a communication using the stored information.

17. The article of claim 14 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to create an email, the email to include the stored audio message as an attachment.

18. The article of claim 14 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to create a hypertext markup language page, the hypertext markup language page including a hyperlink to the stored audio message.

19. The article of claim 18 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to receive a request for the audio message, the audio message to be forwarded as an MP3 file.

20. The article of claim 14 storing machine-readable instructions, that if executed, enable the first processor-based system to display the different communication.