Patent ID: 9602656
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method for providing caller identification (ID), implemented by a caller device having a phone number, comprising: creating a portrait file to be used as a caller ID representing the caller device; generating a distribution policy corresponding to the portrait file; sending the portrait file to a portrait distribution system (PDS) on a server via an IP network; and sending the distribution policy to a policy control system (PCS) on the server via the IP network, to cause the PCS to perform a selective distribution process including: wherein: wherein the distribution policy corresponding to the portrait file includes: a phone number of a contact, wherein the contact is authorized by the caller device to download the portrait file from the PDS; and wherein the selective distribution process performed by PCS includes: before selecting the callee device to be notified of the portrait file, obtaining an address book uploaded from a device corresponding to the phone number of the contact; and wherein the selecting of the callee device to be notified of the portrait file includes: