System and method for monitoring incoming communications to a telecommunications device

• US 7,995,726 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2007
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
• 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: Bedingfield, James C.
• Primary Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US11/693,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20070206750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,594 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.19, 379/88.2, 379/88.21, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 379/142.01, 379/142.04, 379/142.05, 379/142.07, 379/245, 379/247, 379/207.13, 379/230, 379/207.15, 379/221.09, 370/352, 370/356
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• 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 2201/38 Displays
• 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 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/64 Arrangements for signalling the number or class of the calling line to the operator between operators in inter- exchange working H04M5/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13039 Asymmetrical two-way transmission, e.g. ADSL, HDSL
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13091 CLI, identification of calling line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13092 Scanning of subscriber lines, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13093 Personal computer, PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1315 Call waiting
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13166 Fault prevention
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13175 Graphical user interface [GUI], WWW interface, visual indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13298 Local loop systems, access network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13345 Intelligent networks, SCP
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 : LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 : involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems

Abstract

A system for notifying an Internet-accessible device of a communication placed from a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device by a calling party is disclosed. The system includes a switch and a node in communication with the switch. The switch is for detecting the communication. The node is configured for communication with the Internet-accessible device and includes a first module and a second module. The first module is for determining information about the calling party. The second module is for determining information about the Internet-accessible device.

Claims

1. A method for notifying an Internet-accessible device of a communication placed from a first telecommunications device by a calling party to a second telecommunications device associated with a called party, the method comprising:

detecting the communication;

determining, via a first module in a node, information about the first telecommunication device associated with the calling party;

determining, via a second module in a node, information about the Internet-accessible device, wherein the first module is accessed prior to the second module and wherein the first module and the second module are colocated within the node; and

sending a notification message that includes information about the calling party to the Internet-accessible device via the Internet.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the communication includes detecting the communication at a switch.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the information about the calling party includes determining a name associated with the calling party.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the information about the calling party includes determining a directory number associated with the calling party.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the information about the Internet-accessible device includes determining an Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device includes determining a permanent Internet Protocol address.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device includes determining a variable Internet Protocol address.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the notification message includes generating the notification message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the notification message includes sending the notification message to the Internet-accessible device via a packet switched Internet Protocol network.

10. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

determine, via a first module in a node, information about a calling party that placed a communication to a telecommunication device;

determine, via a second module in a node, information about an Internet-accessible device associated with the called party, wherein the first module is accessed prior to the second module and wherein the first module and the second module are colocated within the node;

generate a notification message indicating that the called party placed a communication to the telecommunications device; and

transmit the notification message to the Internet-accessible device via the Internet.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the information determined about the calling party includes at least one of a name and a directory number associated with the calling party.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the information determined about the Internet-accessible device includes an Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device includes a permanent Internet Protocol address.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device includes a variable Internet Protocol address.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the notification message is transmitted to the Internet-accessible device via a packet switched Internet Protocol network.

16. A system for notifying an Internet-accessible device of a communication placed from a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device associated with the Internet-accessible device by a caller, the system comprising:

a first module within a node for determining information about the first telecommunications device associated with the caller responsive to detection of the communication; and

a second module within the node for determining information about the Internet-accessible device, wherein the first module is accessed prior to the second module, wherein the first module and the second module are colocated within the node, and wherein a notification message that includes information about the calling party is sent to the Internet-accessible device via the Internet.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the Internet-accessible device, the first telecommunications device and the second telecommunications device is a wireless device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the node is configured for communication with the Internet-accessible device via a packet-switched network.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the information determined by the first module includes at least one of a name and a directory number associated with the caller.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the information determined by the second module includes an Internet Protocol address of the Internet-accessible device.