Method for displaying caller information of portable device

• US 8,116,745 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2007
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Tech, Inc. (KT Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Su-Seon
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US12/227,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20090176484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,728 Days
• Field of Search: 455/413, 455/417, 455/466, 455/415, 370/260, 370/315, 370/352, 379/88.12, 379/142.04, 379/142.17, 379/211.02, 709/203, 709/205, 709/219, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party

Abstract

A method of displaying a caller information in a portable device includes setting up an item of the caller information of each caller, and displaying the caller information based on the set item of the caller information of a caller corresponding to a phone number of the caller when the portable device receives an incoming call. Accordingly, caller information desired by the user of the portable device may be displayed, and thus various and personalized caller information may be displayed.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a caller information on a portable device, comprising:

searching a database for a caller based on a phone number of the caller when the portable device receives an incoming call from the caller; and

displaying the caller information, the caller information including at least one information item that is preset to be displayed in the caller information, the at least one information item depending on a group including the caller,

wherein the at least one information item includes one of caller details, a history of incoming calls, and incoming and outgoing Short Message Service (SMS) messages of the portable device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an incoming caller that does not belong to the group is classified as an individual caller.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the caller information is stored in at least one of the portable device and an external server device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the database after displaying the caller information, wherein the updating updates the database with the information of the incoming call.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the group the caller belongs to is extracted from the database.

6. A method of displaying a caller information in a portable device, comprising:

setting a group each caller belongs to;

selecting at least one information item that is displayed as the caller information depending on the set group; and

displaying the caller information corresponding to a phone number of a caller when an incoming call is received, the caller information including the selected item.