Patent ID: 9706163
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of providing video caller identification, comprising: receiving a video message from a calling party at the provider network; receiving, at the provider network, an incoming telephone call directed to a receiving party; associating, at the provider network, the video message with the incoming telephone call; routing the video message through the provider network to a display device associated with the receiving party; providing one or more user interfaces to allow one of the calling party or the receiving party to provide user input regarding the video message, wherein the one or more user interfaces provide for the receiving party to select at which telephone number, selected from a plurality of telephone numbers controlled by the receiving party, the incoming call should be terminated, wherein the selected telephone number is associated with a telecommunications device that is separate from the display device; receiving, from the calling party one or more additional video messages to the receiving party during the telephone call; and causing the display device to display the additional video messages during the telephone call.