Methods, systems and products for presenting information correlated to communications

• US 8,560,673 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2008
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Malik, Dale W.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US12/335,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,764 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/225, 709/206, 709/207, 709/223, 709/203, 709/252
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2066 Call type detection of indication, e.g. voice or fax, mobile of fixed, PSTN or IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• 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 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0045 where the text-based messaging service is an instant messaging service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 : Details of addressing, directories or routing tables

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing the communications and information resources of a user. When a request for data is received, a message log is queried for the data. A result of the query is then communicated.

Claims

1. A method for managing communications of a user, comprising:

presenting a message log that tracks all electronic communications sent and received by the user, the message log representing the electronic communications as entries in the message log, with each entry having data fields comprising a “

from”

field describing an origin of a communication, a “

subject”

field describing informational content associated with the communication, and a “

date”

field describing a date associated with the communication;

logging chat entries in the message log associated with a conversation in a chat room;

receiving an incoming call that is unanswered by the user;

adding an entry to the message log for the unanswered incoming call;

substituting “

unanswered call”

in the “

subject”

field of the entry that corresponds to the unanswered incoming call;

causing display of the entry in the message log;

receiving a selection of a data field within the entry in the message log;

querying an information resource to retrieve information that is correlated to the data field;

presenting only one type of correlated information when there is only one type of correlated information;

presenting a list of different types of correlated information when different types of correlated information exist;

receiving another selection that selects a type of information from the list of different types of correlated information;

retrieving the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information; and

presenting the type of information correlated to the data field.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving contact information associated with the data field.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving a website address associated with the data field.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving a map associated with the data field.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising highlighting the data field.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising querying a third party resource for the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising querying for the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting an icon in the list of different types of correlated information for each of the different types of correlated information.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising retrieving the type of correlated information when the icon is selected.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving a telephone number associated with the data field.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving an address associated with the data field.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information from at least one of the “

from”

field, the “

subject”

field, and the “

date”

field.

13. A system for managing communications of a user, comprising:

a processor; and

memory for storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, operations comprising;

presenting a message log that tracks all electronic communications sent and received by the user, the message log representing the electronic communications as entries in the message log, with each entry having data fields comprising a “

from”

field describing an origin of a communication, a “

subject”

field describing informational content associated with the communication, and a “

date”

field describing a date associated with the communication;

logging chat entries in the message log associated with a conversation in a chat room;

receiving an incoming call that is unanswered by the user;

adding an entry to the message log for the unanswered incoming call;

substituting “

unanswered call”

in the “

subject”

field of the entry that corresponds to the unanswered incoming call;

displaying the entry in the message log;

receiving a selection of a data field within the entry in the message log;

querying an information resource to retrieve information that is correlated to the data field;

presenting only one type of correlated information when there is only one type of correlated information;

presenting a list of different types of correlated information when different types of correlated information exist;

receiving another selection that selects a type of information from the list of different types of correlated information;

retrieving the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information; and

presenting the type of information correlated to the data field.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to retrieve contact information associated with the data field.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to retrieve a website address associated with the data field.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to retrieve a map associated with the data field.

17. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to highlight the data field.

18. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to query a third party resource for the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information.

19. The system according to claim 13, wherein the code further causes the processor to retrieve the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information from at least one of the “

from”

field, the “

subject”

field, and the “

date”

field.

20. A computer readable memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

presenting a message log that tracks all electronic communications sent and received by the user, the message log representing the electronic communications as entries in the message log, with each entry having data fields comprising a “

from”

field describing an origin of a communication, a “

subject”

field describing informational content associated with the communication, and a “

date”

field describing a date associated with the communication;

logging chat entries in the message log associated with a conversation in a chat room;

receiving an incoming call that is unanswered by the user;

adding an entry to the message log for the unanswered incoming call;

substituting “

unanswered call”

in the “

subject”

field of the entry that corresponds to the unanswered incoming call;

causing display of the entry in the message log;

receiving a selection of a data field within the entry in the message log;

querying an information resource to retrieve information that is correlated to the data field;

presenting only one type of correlated information when there is only one type of correlated information;

presenting a list of different types of correlated information when different types of correlated information exist;

receiving another selection that selects a type of information from the list of different types of correlated information;

retrieving the type of information selected from the list of different types of correlated information; and

presenting the type of information correlated to the data field.