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Method and system for providing computer-network related information about a calling party
Assignee: Rakuten Group Inc
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Filing: 1999-02-24
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Granted: 2000-05-23
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Expires: 2019-02-24
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for providing computer-network related information about a calling party. First, the called party receives a telephone number of a calling party. The called 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 calling party's computer-network address is retrieved, calling-party-customized information present at the computer-network location specified by the computer-network address can be sent to and displayed on the called party's CPE. Also, the calling party's telephone number can be sent to an application in the computer network, causing the calling-party-customized information to be automatically displayed on the called party's CPE.
Inventors
- 👤 Arnold M. Lund
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 02:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42025; H04M3/42034; H04M3/42042; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M1/56; H04M1/57; H04M1/575; H04M3/4228; H04M3/436; H04M3/4365; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04M3/4931; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/0016; H04Q3/0029; H04Q3/72; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72445; H04M2242/00; H04M2242/22; H04M3/42314; H04M3/42323; H04M7/00; H04M7/12; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/13039; H04Q2213/13091; H04Q2213/13096; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13166; H04Q2213/13167; H04Q2213/13175; H04Q2213/13204; H04Q2213/13209; H04Q2213/13345; H04Q2213/13389; H04Q2213/13546
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) querying a database in a telephone network with a calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (b) transmitting the computer-network address to the called party's customer premises equipment; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address transmitted in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) querying a database in a telephone network with a calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (b) transmitting the computer-network address to the called party's customer premises equipment; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address transmitted in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the computer-network address comprises a Universal Resource Locator and the calling-party-customized information comprises a World Wide Web page.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) querying a database in a computer network with a calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (b) transmitting the computer-network address to the called party's customer premises equipment; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address transmitted in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) querying a database in a computer network with a calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (b) transmitting the computer-network address to the called party's customer premises equipment; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address transmitted in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the computer-network address comprises a Universal Resource Locator, the computer network comprises the Internet, and the calling-party-customized information comprises a World Wide Web page.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
96 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting a calling party's telephone number to a called party's customer premises equipment; (b) querying a database in the called party's customer premises equipment with the calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address obtained in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
96 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting a calling party's telephone number to a called party's customer premises equipment; (b) querying a database in the called party's customer premises equipment with the calling party's telephone number to obtain a computer-network address of a computer-network location storing calling-party-customized information; (c) retrieving, with the called party's customer premises equipment, the calling-party-customized information from the computer-network location associated with the computer-network address obtained in (b); and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the computer-network address comprises a Universal Resource Locator and the calling-party-customized information comprises a World Wide Web page.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting a calling party's telephone number to a called party's customer premises equipment; (b) transmitting the calling party's telephone number from the called party's customer premises equipment to an application on a computer network; (c) transmitting calling-party-customized information from a location in the computer network associated with the calling party's telephone number to the called party's customer premises equipment; and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting a calling party's telephone number to a called party's customer premises equipment; (b) transmitting the calling party's telephone number from the called party's customer premises equipment to an application on a computer network; (c) transmitting calling-party-customized information from a location in the computer network associated with the calling party's telephone number to the called party's customer premises equipment; and (d) displaying the calling-party-customized information on the called party's customer premises equipment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the computer network comprises the Internet and the calling-party-customized information comprises a World Wide Web page.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
121 words
A system for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the system comprising: a computer network comprising a network location storing calling-party-customized information, the network location being associated with a computer-network address; a database correlating a calling party's telephone number with the computer-network address of the computer-network location storing the calling-party-customized information; means for querying the database with a calling party's telephone number to obtain the computer-network address of the computer-network location storing the calling-party-customized information; means for transmitting the computer-network address from the database to a called party's customer premises equipment; and a called party's customer premises equipment operative to retrieve and display calling-party-customized information in response to receiving the computer-network address from the means for transmitting.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
121 words
A system for displaying calling-party-customized information on a called party's customer premises equipment, the system comprising: a computer network comprising a network location storing calling-party-customized information, the network location being associated with a computer-network address; a database correlating a calling party's telephone number with the computer-network address of the computer-network location storing the calling-party-customized information; means for querying the database with a calling party's telephone number to obtain the computer-network address of the computer-network location storing the calling-party-customized information; means for transmitting the computer-network address from the database to a called party's customer premises equipment; and a called party's customer premises equipment operative to retrieve and display calling-party-customized information in response to receiving the computer-network address from the means for transmitting.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 9, wherein computer-network address comprises a Universal Resource Locator, the computer-network comprises the Internet, and the calling-party-customized information comprises a World Wide Web page.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the database is located in a telephone network.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the database is located in the computer network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the database is located in the Internet.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the database is located in the called party's customer premises equipment.
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