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Computer telephone system
Assignee: Wilmington Trust NA
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Filing: 1997-02-21
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Granted: 1998-05-19
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Expires: 2017-02-21
Abstract
Abstract A telecommunications system (10) is provided that provides for telephone functions to be accessed through client computer system (14). A server computer system (16) provides telephony services, database services and access to E-mail, voice mail, video conferencing and facsimile systems. A graphical user interface 116 is presented to a user to allow the user to perform a large number of functions and to access databases of information associated with calling and called parties.\!
Inventors
- 👤 Jeanne A. Bayless
- 👤 William B. Black
- 👤 Gary L. Brannick
- 👤 Gene W. Lee
- 👤 Lora M. Lloyd
- 👤 Larry P. Mason
- 👤 Amy L. Mathis
- 👤 James E. Steenbergen
- 👤 Mark R. Stoldt
- 👤 Garrett C. Young
- 👤 Gary C. Young
- 👤 James E. Fissel
- 👤 Robert W. Withers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M1/2473; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/27475; H04M1/56; H04M1/57; H04M1/575; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for displaying the locality and state from which a first party is participating in a telephone call with a second party, comprising: receiving ANI or Caller ID data for the telephone call; identifying the locality and state from which the first party is calling by using the ANI or Caller ID data to access a database of localities and states, the database directly associating ANI or caller ID data values with localities and states; and displaying the locality and state to the second party to the telephone call.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for displaying the locality and state from which a first party is participating in a telephone call with a second party, comprising: receiving ANI or Caller ID data for the telephone call; identifying the locality and state from which the first party is calling by using the ANI or Caller ID data to access a database of localities and states, the database directly associating ANI or caller ID data values with localities and states; and displaying the locality and state to the second party to the telephone call.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the ANI or Caller ID data used to identify the locality and state from which the first party is calling comprises the area code of the first party.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the ANI or Caller ID data used to identify the locality and state from which the first party is calling comprises the area code and the exchange of the first party.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the displaying step comprises displaying the locality and state where the first party is located during the call on a computer monitor.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for displaying the local time at a locality and state from which a first party is participating in a telephone call with a second party, comprising: receiving ANI or Caller ID data for the telephone call; processing at the geographic location of the second party at least a portion of the ANI or Caller ID data to determine the local time at the locality and state at which the first party is located, the processing comprising identifying the locality and state from which the first party is calling by using the ANI or Caller ID data to access a database of localities and states, the database directly associating ANI or caller ID data values with localities and states; and displaying the local time to the second party to the telephone call.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
133 words
A method for displaying the local time at a locality and state from which a first party is participating in a telephone call with a second party, comprising: receiving ANI or Caller ID data for the telephone call; processing at the geographic location of the second party at least a portion of the ANI or Caller ID data to determine the local time at the locality and state at which the first party is located, the processing comprising identifying the locality and state from which the first party is calling by using the ANI or Caller ID data to access a database of localities and states, the database directly associating ANI or caller ID data values with localities and states; and displaying the local time to the second party to the telephone call.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the processing step further comprises processing ANI or Caller ID data comprising the area code of the first party.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the processing step further comprises processing ANI or Caller ID data comprising the area code and the exchange of the first party.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the displaying step comprises displaying the local time on a computer monitor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 5, the step of processing further comprising: retrieving a time stamp representing the time at the place where the second party is located; retrieving conversion data from a database using at least a portion of the ANI or Caller ID data as an index to the database; determining the local time using the time stamp and conversion data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the retrieving conversion data step uses ANI or Caller ID data comprising the area code and the exchange of the first party as an index.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 9, further comprising: retrieving a date stamp representing the date at the place where the second party is located.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the conversion data includes data about whether the place at which the first party that is participating in the call is on daylight savings time.
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