US 10,455,083 B2Granted

Method and system for providing additional information to called parties

AssigneeAccudata Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJames N. White, Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith, Thomas M. Buie

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Abstract

A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a calling party device;
a base unit device that sends information to a called party, the base unit comprises a microprocessor and a first transceiver;
and
a display unit that receives the information from the base unit device and displays the information to the called party, the display unit comprises a second transceiver and a display;
wherein the microprocessor is programmed to:
receive a calling party identifier from the calling party;
verify a called party name, credit card number, and a zipcode, and in response:
retrieve a calling party name and a calling party message that is intended for the called party from a database via the identifier;
provide the information comprising the calling party name and the calling party message to the display unit via the first transceiver.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/209,913Filed 4 Dec 2018 · continuation
Priority: 13 Jun 2007
Published: US 2019/0109942 A111 Apr 2019
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04M 3/42059
Calling party identification service: making use of the calling party identifier
H04M 3/42042
Calling party identification service: notifying the called party of information on the calling party
H04W 4/16
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: communication-related supplementary services, e.g.…
H04M
Telephonic communication

Family

Application60/934,407Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2007
Application11/974,983Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Oct 2007
Application12/070,364Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Feb 2008
Application14/531,651Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Nov 2014
Application14/948,344Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Nov 2015
Application15/615,240Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jun 2017
US 2019/0109942 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Apr 2019
US 10,148,813 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,674,346 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,197,740 B2Parent of this continuation
US 8,879,702 B1Parent of this continuation
US 8,625,762 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application12/070,364Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2015/0055768 A1Published application
US 2016/0080560 A1Published application
US 2017/0339273 A1Published application
US 10,455,083 B2This patent

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