Patent ID: 8676179
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting identifying information about a source of an incoming communication to a mobile device connected to an enterprise network, the system comprising: a communications platform of the enterprise network for receiving the incoming communication and initiating a connection between the source of the incoming communication and the enterprise-connected mobile device that has an enterprise-assigned number; and a DTMF module coupled to the communications platform for generating and transmitting a DTMF message to the enterprise-connected mobile device upon receipt of an incoming communication by the communications platform, the DTMF message containing one of an identifying key and an identifying number depending on whether the source of the incoming communication has an enterprise-assigned number; wherein, if the source of the incoming communication has an enterprise-assigned number, the DTMF message transmitted to the mobile device upon receipt of the incoming communication comprises an identifying key that allows look up of the identifying information for the source of the incoming communication in a profile list stored on the mobile device, the profile list comprising a plurality of enterprise-assigned numbers and an identifying information entry for each enterprise-assigned number in the profile list, and otherwise, the DTMF message transmitted to the mobile device upon receipt of the incoming communication comprises an identifying number not assigned by the enterprise network for the source of the incoming communication.