Techniques to generate context information

• US 9,344,542 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Lang S., Skillman, Peter, Champlin, David G., Haitani, Robert, Tseng, Tina, Prasad, Srikiran
• Primary Examiner(s): CASCA, FRED A
• Application Number:
  US11/316,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20070142078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,800 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/415, 455/418, 455/569.2, 455/566, 455/417, 455/445, 455/461, 455/411, 455/410, 455/414.1, 455/419, 709/223, 709/203, 707/705, 707/706, 707/769, 707/802, 379/142.04, 379/210.02, 379/88.21, 379/142.05, 379/142.02, 379/142.06, 379/201.01, 379/207.13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Techniques to generate context information are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a radio sub-system, a processing sub-system to couple to the radio sub-system, and a context information management module for execution by the processing sub-system. The context information management module may search for context information associated with a contact identifier using a context information database.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a radio sub-system comprising a transceiver, the radio sub-system operative to receive an incoming call request for a telephone call;

a processing sub-system comprising a processor and a memory, the processing sub-system to couple to said radio sub-system;

the memory comprising a context information management module for execution by said processing sub-system, said context information management module to search for context information associated with a contact identifier in response to said incoming call request, said context information management module operative to search a personal contact list for said context information and to initiate a search of a context information database conditioned at least in part on an outcome of said search of said personal contact list, wherein said context information management module initiates said search of said context information database in response to determining that additional context information is needed beyond context information found in a record associated with said contact identifier in said personal contact list; and

a context information interface module to store one or more user profiles, with each user profile to include a defined set of context information fields, said context information management module to retrieve, over a data connection using said radio sub-system, context information from said context information database corresponding to said context information fields.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said memory to store said context information database, said context information management module to retrieve said context information from said context information database.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a context information interface module to assign a set of contact identifiers to a category.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a context information interface module to store one or more user profiles, with each user profile to include a defined set of context information fields and an assigned category.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a display to display said contact identifier and said context information.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein said context information management module initiates said search of said context information database at least partly in response to not finding a record associated with said contact identifier in said personal contact list.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving by a mobile communication device an incoming call request for a telephone call;

receiving by the mobile communication device a contact identifier associated with the incoming call request;

searching a personal contact list for context information associated with said contact identifier;

initiating searching a context information database conditioned at least in part on an outcome of said searching said personal contact list, wherein said initiating said searching said context information database occurs in response to determining that additional context information is needed beyond context information found in a record associated with said contact identifier in said personal contact list

storing, by the mobile communication device, one or more user profiles, with each user profile to include a defined set of context information fields; and

retrieving, by the mobile communication device over a data connection using a radio sub-system of the mobile communication device, context information from said context information database corresponding to said context information fields.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising assigning a set of contact identifiers to a category.

9. The method of claim 7, comprising assigning a user profile to a category.

10. The method of claim 7, comprising retrieving said context information from a memory unit.

11. The method of claim 7, comprising displaying said contact identifier and said context information.

12. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed enable a system to:

receive an incoming call request for a telephone call;

receive a contact identifier associated with the incoming call request;

search a personal contact list for context information associated with said contact identifier;

initiate a search of a context information database conditioned at least in part on an outcome of said search of said personal contact list, wherein initiation of said search of said context information database occurs in response to determining that additional context information is needed beyond context information found in a record associated with said contact identifier in said personal contact list;

store one or more user profiles, with each user profile to include a defined set of context information fields; and

retrieve, over a data connection using a radio sub-system, context information from said context information database corresponding to said context information fields.

13. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when executed

enable the system to assign a set of contact identifiers to a category.

14. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when executed enable the system to assign a user profile to a category.

15. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that if when executed enable the system to retrieve said context information from a memory unit.

16. The article of claim 12, further comprising instructions that if when executed enable the system to display said contact identifier and said context information.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving an incoming call request for a telephone call;

means for receiving a contact identifier associated with the incoming call request;

means for searching a personal contact list for context information associated with said contact identifier;

means for initiating said means for searching a context information database conditioned at least in part on an outcome of operations performed by said means for searching said personal contact list, wherein said means for initiating initiates said means for searching said context information database in response to a means for determining that additional context information is needed beyond context information found in a record associated with said contact identifier in said personal contact list;

means for storing one or more user profiles, each user profile including a defined set of context information fields; and

means for retrieving, over a data connection using a radio sub-system, context information from said context information database corresponding to said context information fields.