Patent ID: 7945253
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting enhanced originator information for transmission over a communications network, the method comprising: retrieving a service profile for a recipient terminal from a service profile database in response to initiation of a communication by an originator terminal to the recipient terminal, the service profile specifying a service plan and a terminal capability of the recipient terminal to retrieve the enhanced originator information from the originator terminal; retrieving multiple information elements associated with the originator terminal from a network database based upon the service plan and the terminal capability of the recipient terminal; and transmitting a communication including the multiple information elements to the recipient terminal prior to establishing a communications session with the recipient terminal; wherein service plans are stored in a dual format that accommodates both graphically-enabled caller identification devices and caller identification devices that are not graphically enabled, and wherein transmitting the communication includes transmitting only the multiple information elements compatible with the terminal capability of the recipient terminal as specified according to the format in the service profile of the recipient terminal; wherein the service plan includes options including controlling presentation of the communication on the recipient terminal by screening the multiple information elements in the communication based upon at least one of content or format of the multiple information elements, the screening performed based upon criteria configured by a user of the recipient terminal, the screening including preventing an incoming call, in which a caller has information elements that have been blocked by the recipient terminal pursuant to the service profile, from the recipient terminal.