Caller identification for missed calls
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsMark R. Lemke, Ramy S. Ayoub
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Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for identifying a caller after receiving a missed call from a calling device that is not associated with the caller. An exemplary method involves obtaining an audio message from the caller, recognizing the caller as being a first contact of the called individual by matching an audio sample associated with the first contact to at least a portion of the audio message, and graphically indicating an association between the first contact and the missed call after recognizing the first contact as the caller.
Claims23
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, an audio message from a call-initiating device after a missed call from the call-initiating device to a called device;
- responsive to receiving at least a portion of the audio message, identifying, by the server, and based on the portion of the audio message and an audio sample associated with a first contact, a user of the call-initiating device as the first contact;
- and
- responsive to identifying the user of the call-initiating device, sending, by the server and to the called device, information including an identifier associated with the first contact, wherein the call-initiating device is associated with a second contact, wherein the first contact is associated with a first device.
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A first mobile device comprising:
- a display device;
- a memory having a plurality of audio samples stored thereon;
- and
- a control module coupled to the display device and to the memory, wherein the control module is configured to:
- receive an audio message from a caller after a missed call from a calling device to the first mobile device;
- recognize the caller as a first contact in response to matching an audio sample associated with the first contact to at least a portion of the audio message;
- and
- after recognizing the caller as the first contact, graphically indicate, on the display device, an association between the first contact and the missed call,
- wherein the calling device is associated with a second contact, wherein the first contact is associated with a second mobile device, and wherein the calling device comprises a third mobile device associated with the second contact.
A device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory configured to store a plurality of audio samples each associated with a respective contact from a plurality of contacts;
- communications arrangement configured to receive an audio message from a call-initiating device after a missed call from the call-initiating device to a called device;
- and
- a control module operable by the one or more processors to:
- identify, based on at least a portion of the audio message and the plurality of audio samples, a user of the call-initiating device as a first contact from the plurality of contacts;
- and
- responsive to identifying the first contact, send, via the communications arrangement, to the called device, information including an identifier associated with the first contact, wherein the call-initiating device is associated with a second contact, wherein the first contact is associated with a first device, and wherein the call-initiating device comprises a second device associated with the second contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.