Mobile device caller id to smart tv devices
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsLee N. Goodman, Elliot G. Eichen
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Abstract
A method, performed by a mobile communication device, may include detecting a smart television device. The method may further include receiving an incoming telephone call, wherein the incoming telephone call includes caller identification information; providing the caller identification information to the smart television device; receiving an instruction on how to process the incoming call from the smart television device; and processing the incoming telephone call based on the received instruction.
Claims20
A method, performed by a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the mobile communication device, a smart television device;
- advertising, by the mobile communication device, a caller identification application associated with the mobile communication device to the smart television device, in response to detecting the smart television device;
- receiving, by the mobile communication device, a request to pair with the mobile communication device from the smart television device, in response to advertising the caller identification application;
- paring, by the mobile communication device, with the smart television device, in response to receiving the request to pair with the mobile communication device;
- receiving, by the mobile communication device, an incoming telephone call, wherein the incoming telephone call includes caller identification information;
- providing, by the mobile communication device, the caller identification information to the smart television device based on the pairing;
- receiving, by the mobile communication device, an instruction on how to process the incoming telephone call from the smart television device;
- and
- processing, by the mobile communication device, the incoming telephone call based on the received instruction.
A method, performed by a set top box device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the set top box device, an advertisement of a caller identification application from a mobile communication device;
- pairing, by the set top box, with the mobile communication device, in response to receiving the advertisement;
- receiving, by the set top box device, caller identification information associated with an incoming call to the mobile communication device based on the pairing;
- generating, by the set top box, a user interface that includes the caller identification information and one or more options for responding to the incoming call associated with the caller identification information;
- providing, by the set top box device, the generated user interface to a television to display to a user;
- receiving, by the set top box device, a selection of one of the one or more options via a remote control associated with the television;
- and
- sending, by the set top box device, instructions to the mobile communication device on how to process the incoming call based on the received selection.
A set top box device comprising:
- logic configured to:
- receive an advertisement of a caller identification application from a mobile communication device;
- pair with the mobile communication device, in response to receiving the advertisement;
- receive caller identification information associated with an incoming call to the mobile communication device based on the pairing;
- generate a user interface that includes the caller identification information and one or more options for responding to the incoming call associated with the caller identification information;
- provide the generated user interface to a television to display to a user;
- receive a selection of one of the one or more options via a remote control associated with the television;
- and
- send instructions to the mobile communication device on how to process the incoming call based on the received selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.