# US 10,771,622 B2 · Incoming communication enhancements > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,622 B2 - Document ID: US10771622B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/623,352 - Filed: 2017-06-14 - Published: 2018-09-13 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-10 - Assignees: T-Mobile USA, Inc. - Applicants: T-Mobile USA, Inc. - Inventors: Aaron Drake; Araceli Lesko; Jeffrey Giard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771622B2 ## CPC - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04L 67/53: using third party service providers - H04M 3/42051: {where the notification is included in the ringing tone} - H04M 15/57: {for integrated multimedia messaging subsystem [IMS]} - H04M 15/61: {based on the service used} - H04M 15/8038: {Roaming or handoff} - H04W 4/24: Accounting or billing - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04M 3/42153: {by subscriber} - H04M 3/436: Arrangements for screening incoming calls {, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it (based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54)} - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An enhancement content asset is presented along with an incoming communication alert on a terminating recipient device. An initiation of a communication to a recipient that is sent by a caller at a caller user device is received at the core network of the wireless carrier network. A terminating recipient device for the communication is identified based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication. A reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain an enhancement content asset from the wireless carrier network or a third-party content provider is generated, such that a message that includes the reference is sent to the terminating recipient device to trigger presentation of the enhancement content asset along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising: receiving at a core network of a wireless carrier network, an initiation of a communication to a recipient from a caller at a caller user device; identifying, at the core network, a terminating recipient device of the recipient for the communication based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication; generating, at the core network, a reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain an enhancement content asset for presentation along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device; determining, at the core network, whether a configuration setting stored in an options database of the wireless carrier network indicates that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller; and sending, from the core network to the terminating recipient device, a request to trigger the incoming communication alert on the terminating recipient device for the communication in response to the configuration setting in the options database indicating that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller, the request including the reference to the enhancement content asset. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the generating includes generating the reference in response to a delivery rule stored in a rules database of the wireless carrier network indicating that the enhancement content asset is to be distributed to the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the acts further comprise: receiving a caller identifier of the caller that is setting up distribution of the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device; receiving a selection of an asset identifier of the enhancement content asset; receiving an input of the recipient identifier of the recipient associated with the terminating recipient device that is to receive the enhancement content asset; and storing the delivery rule to associate the caller identifier with the asset identifier of the enhancement content asset and the recipient identifier of the recipient associated with the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein at least one of the caller identifier or the recipient identifier include a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN), an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), a Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID), or a subscriber access identifier, and wherein the subscriber access identifier is used by the wireless carrier network to authenticate a user for providing the user with access to multiple services or applications that are hosted by the wireless carrier network or hosted by third-party content providers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise, in response to the terminating recipient device retrieving the enhancement content asset via the reference from the request, alerting a billing function of the wireless carrier network that the enhancement content asset is distributed to the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the acts further comprise at least one of: reimbursing a network subscriber account of the recipient with credit for an amount of data usage or an amount of voice minute usage associated with a distribution of the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device of the recipient; or billing a network subscriber account of the caller for the distribution of the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device of the recipient. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the enhancement content asset is stored on a media store of the wireless carrier network, and wherein the acts further comprise billing a third-party content provider of the enhancement content asset an additional fee for storage of the enhancement content asset in the media store. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the acts further comprise, in response to the terminating recipient device retrieving the enhancement content asset via the reference in the request, billing, via a billing function of the core network, a third-party content provider that generated the enhancement content asset for use by the caller a fee for distributing the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device of the recipient. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the configuration setting is an input received via a network portal of the wireless carrier network or a user configuration interface page displayed by the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the acts further comprise receiving an additional input that includes an opt-out setting that deactivates distribution of the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device along with the incoming communication alert. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the acts further comprise receiving an additional input that includes an additional configuration setting that permits or denies distribution of the enhancement content asset initiated by the caller to the terminating recipient device, or an additional configuration setting that activates or deactivates distribution of a particular type of enhancement content assets that includes the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the communication includes a voice call, a video call, an email message, a text message, or a chat message, and wherein the enhancement content asset includes an additional text message, a social media feed, a rich media file, audio content, still image content, video content, multimedia content, web page scripts, a uniform resource locator (URL), or a link to at least one of content or an application. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the additional text message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Rich Communication Services (RCS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, or a Unicode or Multibyte Character Set (MBCS) text message that supports encoding of multiple languages. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the receiving includes receiving the initiation of the communication via a local area network that is communicatively connected to the wireless carrier network, and wherein the sending includes sending the request to trigger the incoming communication alert via the local area network or an additional carrier network that is communicatively connected to the wireless carrier network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the reference is a specific media asset link for the enhancement content asset stored in a media store of the wireless carrier network or a media server of a third-party content provider, a directory location link to a directory location on the media store of the wireless carrier network or the media server of the third-party content provider, or a server pointer to a server of the wireless carrier network or the third-party content provider that is responsible for generating and providing the enhancement content asset. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the caller is a government entity or an interactive voice response (IVR) application or service that provides the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device in response to an information request. ### Claim 17 A core network of a wireless carrier network, comprising: one or more processors; and memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: receiving an initiation of a communication to a recipient that is from a caller at a caller user device; identifying a terminating recipient device of the recipient for the communication based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication; determining based on a delivery rule stored in a rules database that an enhancement content asset of a plurality of enhancement content assets is selected by the caller for distribution to the terminating recipient device and presentation along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device; determining that a configuration setting stored in an options database indicates that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller; generating a reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain the enhancement content asset from a media store of the wireless carrier network or a media server of a third-party content provider; and sending a request to the terminating recipient device that triggers the incoming communication alert on the terminating recipient device for the communication in response to the configuration setting in the options database indicating that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller, the request including the reference to the enhancement content asset. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The core network of claim 17, wherein the acts further comprise: receiving a caller identifier of the caller that is setting up distribution of the enhancement content asset to the terminating recipient device; receiving a selection of an asset identifier of the enhancement content asset; receiving an input of the recipient identifier associated with the terminating recipient device that is to receive the enhancement content asset; and storing the delivery rule to associate the caller identifier with the asset identifier of the enhancement content asset and the recipient identifier of the recipient associated with the terminating recipient device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The core network of claim 18, wherein at least one of the caller identifier or the recipient identifier include a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN), an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), a Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID), or a subscriber access identifier, and wherein the subscriber access identifier is used by the wireless carrier network to authenticate a user for providing the user with access to multiple services or applications that are hosted by the wireless carrier network or hosted by third-party content providers. ### Claim 20 A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving at a core network of a wireless carrier network, an initiation of a communication to a recipient from a caller at a caller user device; identifying, at the core network, a terminating recipient device of the recipient for the communication based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication; determining, at the core network, based on a delivery rule stored in a rules database that an enhancement content asset of a plurality of enhancement content assets is selected by the caller for distribution to the terminating recipient device and presentation along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device; determining that a configuration setting stored in an options database indicates that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller; generating, at the core network, a reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain the enhancement content asset from a media store of the wireless carrier network for presentation along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device; and sending, from the core network to the terminating recipient device, a request to trigger the incoming communication alert on the terminating recipient device for the communication in response to the configuration setting in the options database indicating that the recipient of the terminating recipient device has opted-in to receive the enhancement content asset from the caller along with the incoming communication alert for the communication from the caller, the request including the reference to the enhancement content asset.