Patent ID: 6404868
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of downloading stored data from a remote peer device to a calling peer device using pre-existing CLASS caller ID protocol, the method comprising the following steps:(a) establishing an interface with the calling peer device; (b) monitoring the interface for incoming FSK-encoded data; (c) when FSK-encoded data is detected, analyzing the FSK-encoded data to determine whether it came from a caller ID server or the calling peer device; (d) if the FSK-encoded data came from a caller ID server, performing the pre-existing CLASS caller ID protocol to decode and display incoming caller ID information; and (e) if the FSK-encoded data came from the calling peer device and is a request for downloading of stored data, establishing a communications protocol with the calling peer device and downloading the stored data to the calling peer device.