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US 2006/0135213 A1Published application
Flash caller ID for roaming
AssigneeRoamware, Inc.
InventorYue Jiang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparati for presenting and displaying caller-identifying information to outbound roamers using means outside of the visited network's facility, or communications channels outside of the call path.
Claims2
An apparatus for displaying information about a calling party to a called party comprising:
- a telecommunications subscriber, subscribing to a home network;
- a mobile station of the subscriber present in a visited network;
- a call placed to that mobile station;
- a first path for providing that call;
- a second path for providing information about the calling party;
- and
- an element for presenting that information via that second path whenever a call is presented for processing by that home network.
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A method for displaying information about a calling party to a called party's mobile station connected to a first network other than the called party's home network comprising:
- a. capturing information about that calling party, said capturing occurring outside of that first network;
- b. receiving that information at that handset via a path other than the path of the incoming call;
- and
- c. displaying that information at that handset.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.