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US 2021/0344795 A1Published application
Adjusting presentation on smart phone lockscreen of visual content associated with metadata of incoming call
AssigneeVyng, Inc.
InventorsPaul Kats, Jeffrey Chernick, Mark Randall Goldston, Sohrab Pirayesh
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Abstract
A call handling function executed in response to activation of a link in encoded metadata of an incoming call adjusts presentation of visual content of the incoming call on a lockscreen of a smart phone based on information in the metadata that is descriptive of the incoming call. The incoming call metadata is decoded prior to connecting the incoming call to a dialer function of the smart phone.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving with a processor an encoded set of call-specific metadata contemporaneously with an incoming call, wherein the call-specific metadata is descriptive of the incoming call;
- decoding with the processor the encoded set of call-specific metadata prior to connecting the incoming call;
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- causing a call handling function to be executed by activating a link that is present in the call-specific metadata, wherein the call handling function adjusts presentation of visual content on an incoming call interface in a lockscreen of a smart phone to which the incoming call is directed.
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A system comprising:
- a call interceptor that receives an incoming call and associated encoded call-specific metadata that are destined for a smart phone;
- a call-specific metadata handler that decodes, validates, and makes accessible a decoded version of the encoded call-specific metadata;
- a call handling function executing on a server, the call handling function executing in response to the call interceptor activating a link that is present in the call-specific metadata, wherein the call handling function causes an internet protocol-based communication function on the smart phone to be activated and connected with a companion internet protocol-based communication function on a computing device from which the incoming call originated.
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