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US8447022B2 - Method and system for providing to a second party, computer-network related information about a first party - Google Patents
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A method and system for providing computer-network related information about a second party. First, the second party receives a telephone number of a first party. The second party's customer premises equipment (CPE) or elements in a telephone network then use the telephone number to index a database, which contains combinations of telephone numbers and computer-network addresses. Once the first party's computer-network address is retrieved, computer network information present at the computer-network location specified by the computer-network address can be sent to and displayed on the second party's CPE. Also, the first party's telephone number can be sent to an application in the computer network, causing the first-party-customized information to be automatically displayed on the second party's CPE.
The present U.S. Utility patent application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility patent applications which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility patent application for all purposes:
1. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 13/161,699, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Jun. 16, 2011, pending, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility application for all purposes:
2. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/140,767, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Jun. 17, 2008, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,974,397 on Jul. 5, 2011, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility application for all purposes:
3. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 10/405,941, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Apr. 1, 2003, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,403,947 on Jul. 22, 2008, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility application for all purposes:
4. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 09/480,416, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Jan. 11, 2000, abandoned, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility application for all purposes:
5. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 09/256,985, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Feb. 24, 1999, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,067,546 on May 23, 2000, which claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, as a continuation, to the following U.S. Utility application which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility application for all purposes:
6. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 08/801,880, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-NETWORK RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CALLING PARTY,” filed Feb. 18, 1997, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,946,684 on Aug. 31, 1999.
SCPs 222, 242 handle the queries sent from a called party's 252 SSP 248 by communicating with databases 223, 243. These databases 223, 243 contain information identifying the types of services available to each CPE 234 and related information such as, but not limited to, FAX numbers, e-mail addresses, cellular numbers, and computer-network addresses, such as Internet location identifiers (e.g., Universal Resource Locators (URLs)). The information is stored in the form of a database or lookup table in a memory storage device such as random access memory or a magnetic or optical disk drive, known to those skilled in the art. Of course, a combination of different memory storage devices or other types of devices may be used. The memory storage device preferably stores the service information in a data record such as an array, lookup or pointer table, or other data structures known to those skilled in the art.
When the CPE receives the calling party's telephone number, it sends the number to an application running in a computer network (e.g., the Internet). Instead of merely sending back the computer-network address of a location on the computer network containing the customized information, the application returns the customized information itself For example, instead of sending only the URL of the calling party, the calling party's Web page is sent directly to the called party's CPE, as is well known in the art.
1. A method for automatically sending computer network information relating to a first party to customer premises equipment of a second party, the method comprising:
sending a telephone number of the first party to the second party;
receiving the telephone number of the first party via the customer premises equipment of the second party;
initiating a telephone call between the first party and the second party in accordance with the telephone number of the first party;
prior to termination of the telephone call, retrieving the computer network information relating to the first party, wherein the computer network information relating to the first party pertains to an application operating via a computer network that includes the World Wide Web;
sending the computer network information of the first party to the customer premises equipment of the second party; and
automatically displaying the computer network information of the first party via the customer premises equipment of the second party.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer premises equipment includes a computer.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer network information relating to the first party includes web-related information.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer runs a browser application.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer operates software that receives and displays graphical information received via the computer network.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer operates software that receives the computer network information relating to the first party via the computer network, and wherein the computer network information includes text and graphical information.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer premises equipment runs a browser application and includes integrated telephony functionality.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone call is placed via a public switched telephone network.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone call is initiated by the first party.
10. A method for automatically sending computer network information relating to a first party to customer premises equipment of a second party wherein the customer premises equipment runs a browser application and includes integrated telephony functionality, the method comprising:
initiating a telephone call between the first party and the second party;
in response to the initiation of the telephone call between the first party and the second party and prior to termination of the telephone call, retrieving the computer network information relating to the first party, wherein the computer network information relating to the first party pertains to an application operating via the World Wide Web; and
sending the computer network information of the first party to the customer premises equipment of the second party, for display by the customer premises equipment of the second party.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the customer premises equipment includes a computer.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the computer network information relating to the first party includes web-related information.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the computer runs a browser application.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the computer operates software that receives and displays graphical information received via the computer network.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the computer operates software that receives the computer network information relating to the first party via the computer network and automatically displays the computer network information relating to the first party information.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the telephone call is placed via a public switched telephone network.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the telephone call is initiated by the first party.
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