Information processing system, information processing apparatus and method, program storage medium, and telephone set
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorNaoya Suzuki
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Abstract
In an information processing system, an information processing apparatus and method, a program storage medium, and a telephone set, a caller number for an incoming call to a telephone set is transmitted to an information processing apparatus, and information concerning a caller having originated the incoming call is read from storage means to be displayed, so that the user can be provided with various kinds of information concerning the caller before the user responds to the incoming call.
Claims14
An information processing system comprising:
- a telephone set which transmits a caller number specific to a caller which is added to an incoming signal arriving at itself;
- and
- an information processing apparatus which receives said caller number transmitted by said telephone set, reads personal information on said caller associated with said caller number from a storage means, and displays the information.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a caller number specific to a caller which is added to an incoming signal arriving at a telephone set from the telephone set;
- storage means for storing personal information on said caller associated with said caller number;
- and
- read and display means for reading said personal information associated with said caller number from said storage means and displaying the personal information.
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a caller number specific to a caller which is added to an incoming signal arriving at a telephone set from the telephone set;
- and
- reading, from storage means for storing personal information on said caller associated with said caller number, said personal information associated with said received caller number, and displaying the personal information.
A program storage medium which causes an information processing apparatus to execute a program, said program comprising the steps of:
- receiving a caller number specific to a caller which is added to an incoming signal arriving at a telephone set from the telephone set;
- and
- reading, from storage means for storing personal information on said caller associated with said received caller number, said personal information associated with said caller number, and displaying the personal information.
A telephone set comprising:
- detecting means for detecting a caller number which is added to a transmitted incoming signal;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting said caller number to an information processing apparatus which reads from a storage means and displays personal information on a caller associated with said caller number.
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a caller number which is added to a transmitted incoming signal;
- and
- transmitting said caller number to an information processing apparatus which reads from a storage means and displays personal information on a caller associated with said caller number.
A program storage medium comprising the steps of:
- detecting a caller number which is added to a transmitted incoming signal;
- and
- transmitting said caller number to an information processing apparatus which reads from a storage means and displays personal information on a caller associated with said caller number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.