Methods and systems for visual voice calls
AssigneeVerizon Data Services Inc.
InventorsJimena Velarde, Edwin Elberg, Luis Blando, John Valdez, Michael J. Naggar, Mona A. Goldstein, Sudhanshu Sharma, Raul Aldrey
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Abstract
In an exemplary method, at least one telephony attribute associated with a voice call directed from a client communication subsystem to a voice network identifier is detected. Visual content that has been predefined as being associated with the at least one telephony attribute is identified. A request for the visual content is initiated in response to the detecting step. The visual content is received, in response to the initiating step, for display at the client communication subsystem.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a client communication device, an index descriptive of a predefined association between visual content and a telephone number;
- detecting, by the client communication device, an initiation of a voice call from the client communication device to the telephone number;
- querying, by the client communication device, the index to identify the visual content as being associated with the telephone number;
- sending, by the client communication device, a request for the visual content to a content server subsystem;
- receiving, by the client communication device, the visual content from the content server subsystem in response to the request;
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- displaying, by the client communication device, the visual content.
A method comprising:
- maintaining, by a content server subsystem, an index descriptive of an association between a telephone number, a telephony attribute, and visual content;
- providing, by content server subsystem, the index to a client communication device;
- receiving, by the content server subsystem, a request for the visual content from the client communication device and based on the index, the request being received in response to a detection of the telephony attribute that occurs when a voice call is directed from the client communication device to the telephone number;
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- delivering, by the content server subsystem in response to the receiving of the request, the visual content to the client communication device for display by the client communication device.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a client communication subsystem, an occurrence of a telephony attribute associated with a voice call;
- displaying, by the client communication subsystem, introductory visual content associated with the detected telephony attribute and in response to the detection of the occurrence of the telephony attribute;
- identifying, by the client communication subsystem, additional visual content predefined as being associated with the detected telephony attribute;
- retrieving, by the client communication subsystem, the additional visual content while the introductory visual content is displayed;
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- displaying, by the client communication subsystem, the visual content after the visual content is retrieved.
A system comprising:
- a detection module configured to detect an initiation of a voice call to a telephone number and identify visual content predefined as being associated with the telephone number;
- an application server interface communicatively coupled to the detection module and configured to send a request for the identified visual content to a content server subsystem and receive the identified visual content from the content server subsystem in response to the request;
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- a display module communicatively coupled to the application server interface and configured to display the identified visual content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.