| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 379142100 | Caller location indication (e.g., city, state, etc.) | 14 |
| 20090316867 | LOCATION SPECIFIC REAL-TIME TELEPHONE BROADCAST RECEIVER - A communications device includes a communication receiver. The communications receiver is configured to receive a message with location information, determine the location of the communication device, and output the message only when the communication device is within the location specified by the location information. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090268891 | TELEPHONE SYSTEM, POSITIONAL INFORMATION SERVER, TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TELEPHONE SYSTEM - A system includes a storage for storing positional information of telephone terminals, a determiner for being notified of a called telephone terminal by an exchange which received a call from a calling telephone terminal, and determining whether the called telephone terminal is in a particular area, and an indicator for, if the called telephone terminal is in the area, retrieving a telephone terminal in a range based on the called telephone terminal, as a neighboring terminal, and indicating the neighboring terminal to the exchange. The exchange includes a requester for sending a connection request to another exchange, to request that a connection be made between the called telephone terminal and the neighboring terminal, and a caller for receiving a connection request from another exchange and sending a call to a telephone terminal which is assigned by the connection request. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090232290 | Method for Geolocation based on the information from an electronic device compiled by the intelligent selection of accounting data compiled by AAA Protocols. - A system to determine the geographical location of an origin electronic device with networking capabilities based on information compiled through AAA protocols. Each data carrier company transmits their accounting data packets to a centralized platform. The Geolocation system analyzes the data and extracts unique information such as IP Address, NAS IP Address and Telephone number. The system matches that information with Geolocation software and communicates geographical positions to Content Provider Companies willing to customize content with a precision expressed in geographical coordinates. The present method shows an important utility for Content Providers and Data Carrier Companies. For Content Provider Companies, it offers the possibility to customize content for a particular electronic device in a precise geographic coordinate at any point in the world. For Data Carrier Companies, the possibility to receive an economic benefit for each geo located connection transmitted to the network and paid for by a content company. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090274284 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR CONVEYING A CALLING PARTY IDENTIFIER - A method and system is disclosed for presenting differentiated calling party identifiers representative of a calling party to various called parties based on the identifier information for a particular called party. The differentiated calling party identifier that is conveyed to a called party may be selected from a list of calling party identifiers associated with the calling party. The system receives an indication of an attempt to initiate a call by a calling party which includes identifier information indicative of the called party, determines a calling party identifier to be conveyed to the called party based on the identifier information indicative of the called party and causes an appropriate calling party identifier to be conveyed in association with the initiated call. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090141878 | GRANDPARENT MEDIA REALM FOR SESSION BORDER CONTROLLERS - A method may include receiving handshake signals to establish a media session between at least two endpoints, determining location information of the at least two endpoints based on the handshake signals, and releasing media exchanged between the at least two endpoints if it is determined that the location information of the at least two endpoints indicates that the at least two endpoints are in a same location. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20120294433 | PARTY LOCATION BASED SERVICES - Services are provided based on the locations, rather than the NPA.NXX identifiers, of called and calling parties. Party location based services can be provided to the called party, to the calling party, or both. Services can include an indication of the location of each party. Services also can include an indication of charges as determined by the location of the parties, rather than the NPA.NXX identifiers. Services can be provided if the parties are using a mobile communications devices, such as a cellular phone, wireline systems (e.g., landline phones), or a combination thereof. In an example configuration, location can be provided in a hierarchy of various levels of accuracy/precision. Different levels can be representative of different resolutions of geography. An example system for facilitating party location based services includes a signaling system number 7 (SS7) network. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120294434 | LOCATION INFORMATION PROVISIONING - A location of a calling party is provided to a called party. The location can be provided if the calling party is using a mobile communications device or a wireline system. The location of the calling party can be provided in a hierarchy of various levels of accuracy/precision representative of different geographies provided by a service provider. The choice of levels for each received call or all received calls can be configurable by the called party. The called party may subscribe to a service that provides the location information. The called party may have the option to receive location information on a per call basis. The calling party may be asked for consent. Location information can be provided for any appropriate type of call, such as, for example, voice calls, text based calls (e.g., SMS messages), or the like. In an example configuration, the SS7 network is utilized. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20090110166 | Method and System for Providing Location Information Associated with a Calling Party - Systems and methods for providing location information associated with a calling party are disclosed. Generally, a query is received from a network element. A location associated with a calling party is identified in response to receipt of the query, and an indication of the location is transmitted for delivery to a called party. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100316205 | CALL ROUTING AND PRIORITIZATION BASED ON LOCATION CONTEXT - Called parties in an enhanced communication system are provided location information associated with a calling party to help them determine whether they should accept the call. Alternatively, automatic call routing may be performed based on location context information associated with the calling party such as whether the caller is calling from a regular location association with him/her or an extra-ordinary location. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110255677 | Enhanced location based call related information (Caller ID) - The current location of a calling device is provided to a called device only to a level authorized by the calling party and/or their servicing network. A configuration file may be maintained in, e.g., a current location privacy settings database. The current location of the calling device is provided to the called device only to the extent authorized, e.g., coarse (e.g., blurred), or precise (e.g., with full detail). The current location of the calling device may be blurred if desired, and is returned to the called device as Enhanced Location based call related information (e.g., Caller ID). The provision of a caller's current location may be tied to an add-on service by the wireless network provider. With such a service activated, the called subscriber with the service will receive otherwise conventional CallerID information together with the inventive current location of the caller. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120039451 | QUEUING AND ROUTING TELEPHONE CALLS - A method and system to process communications in an automatic communication distributor is described. The method may comprise receiving a communication and identifying an originating location from which the communication originates. Thereafter, a determination is made when the originating location corresponds to a predefined high priority geographical area and a priority to the communication is assigned based on the originating location. The call may be assigned a higher priority when the originating location corresponds to the high priority geographical area than when the originating location does not correspond with the high priority geographical area. The communication is queued based on the assigned priority. A method is also provided to assign an agent using an automated call distributor based on a distance between the originating location of the communication and the determined geographical locations of the potential respondents. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20110091027 | DISCOVERING AND USING PHONE NUMBER LOCATION INFORMATION - A telephone number identification system (“TNIS”) and techniques for facilitating telephonic communications (including but not limited to audible communications, text messages, video communications, and multimedia communications) between calling parties and called parties operating electronic devices configured for telephonic communication via telephone numbers are described. The TNIS operates in any client-side electronic device associated with or including a phone, identifying the formats of incoming or outgoing telephone numbers, which are associated with particular countries and include geographic area identifiers and subscriber numbers. The geographic area identifiers are used to identify one or more possible geographic locations associated with the calling or called parties, one or more possible time zones, and/or estimate the cost of telephonic communications between calling and called parties. Calling and called parties are informed of identified information via user interfaces, and decide whether to establish the telephonic communications via telephony networks and/or other communication networks. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120027189 | Call to Call Center as Trigger to Capture and Record Other Geographically Relevant Data - Techniques are provided for using a location of a caller placing a call that is received at a call center to identify other sources of information that are relevant to the call. A call is received at a call center from a caller. The location of the caller is obtained from the received call, and other sources of information potentially relevant to the call are identified based on the location of the caller. For example, information is stored that identifies at lease one individual that is proximate to the location of the caller, and communication is initiated with at least one individual who is determined to be located proximate to the caller. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20080198989 | Location ID Service for Telephone Calls - A system for providing location ID services for telephone calls transfers location data describing the location of the calling device to the called device. Rather than or in addition to providing the name and telephone number as is done through the conventional caller ID service, the location of the calling device is displayed by the called device including the zip code, the longitude and latitude planar coordinates, or the street address. Existing advanced intelligent network infrastructure may be adapted to provide the location ID service, such as by providing location data queries from a signal switching point to a signal control point. The signal control point has access to a CNAM database containing location ID data fields in addition to conventional caller ID data. | 08-21-2008 |
