Method and Apparatus for Presenting Caller Identification Information with Geographical and/or Source Language Information
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrent Alan Miller, Steven Michael Miller
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing calls. Initiation of a call by a user is detected in the communications device. In response to detecting the call, a geographic identification based on a number assigned to the communications device and/or a language identification based on a user of the communications device is identified. The geographic identification and the language identification are transmitted with caller identification information for use by a called party.
Claims14
1-14. (canceled)
A communications device comprising:
- detecting means for detecting an initiation of a call in the communications device, wherein the call is initiated by a user directly co-acting with the communication device;
- identifying means, responsive to detecting the call, for identifying a geographic identification based on a number assigned to the communications device and a language identification based on a user of the communications device;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting the geographic identification and the language identification with caller identification information for use by a called party.
A communications device comprising:
- determining means, responsive to detecting an incoming call from a caller, for determining whether a geographic identification and a language identification is present, wherein the language identifier identifies at least one language spoken by the caller;
- and
- presenting means, responsive to the geographic identification and the language identification being present, for presenting the geographic identification and the language identification to the called party, wherein the geographic identification and the language identification are used to identify the geographic location of the origin of the call and the at least one language spoken by the caller.
27-36. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.