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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Carol Shifrin Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);

Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);

Dianna I. Tiliks Kanne, Palatine, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42068 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/42102 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01);
Abstract

Detailed information about a party can be provided during interparty communication. Data-capable mobile devices query at least a public database to retrieve information about a set of parties engaged in communication. The results of the database query are employed to provide detailed caller identification and detail functionality to telephones or communication devices not utilizing traditional landlines or commercial caller identification service. Storage can be included to include address book function, query caching, and user preferences. An interface can be provided to facilitate display of rich caller identification information. The interface can further update displayed information without user input, or provide user selection control to request more information on a selected portion of displayed information. These features can be applied to determine the information about a party that is either receiving a communication or initiating a communication.


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