# US 2021/0344795 A1 · Adjusting presentation on smart phone lockscreen of visual content associated with metadata of incoming call > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0344795 A1 - Document ID: US20210344795A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/356,690 - Filed: 2021-06-24 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-01 - Assignees: Vyng, Inc. - Applicants: Vyng, Inc. - Inventors: Paul Kats; Jeffrey Chernick; Mark Randall Goldston; Sohrab Pirayesh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210344795A1 ## CPC - H04M 3/42051: {where the notification is included in the ringing tone} - H04M 1/2757: by data transmission, e.g. downloading - H04M 1/576: {associated with a pictorial or graphical representation} - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72439: for image or video messaging - H04M 3/42017: {Customized ring-back tones} - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04M 19/041: {Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability} - H04M 3/42382: {Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks} - H04M 3/53333: {Message receiving aspects} - H04M 2201/50: Telephonic communication in combination with video communication - H04M 2203/252: where a voice mode is enhanced with visual information - H04M 2203/306: Prerecordings to be used during a voice call - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processor is a processor of the smart phone and the call handling function comprises a dialer of the smart phone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call handling function comprises a function on the smart phone different than its dialer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call handling function comprises a server-based application. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call handling function validates the call-specific metadata by verifying that caller ID information in the metadata matches call-source information in the metadata. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the call-source information is immutable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call handling function references community intelligence of a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) platform that facilitates determining an integrity of a caller associated with the incoming call. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call handling function is a visual content management service of a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) platform that facilitates access to the visual content to be presented on the incoming call interface of the smart phone. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the activating of the link present in the call-specific metadata includes first populating at least one variable field in the link with data representative of a context of the incoming call. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the link that is present in the call-specific metadata comprises an indication that a source device for the incoming call is configured with a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) compatible dialer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the call-specific metadata indicates at least one of a topic of the incoming call, an originator of the incoming call, and a request that a recipient of the incoming call take an action. ### Claim 12 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call handling function comprises a dialer of the smart phone. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call handling function comprises a function on the smart phone different than its dialer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call handling function comprises a server-based application. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call-specific metadata handler validates the call-specific metadata by verifying that caller ID information in the metadata matches call-source information in the metadata. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the call-source information is immutable. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call handling function references community intelligence of a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) platform to determine an integrity of a caller associated with the incoming call. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call handling function is a visual content management service of a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) platform that facilitates access by the smart phone to visual content for presenting on an incoming call interface of the smart phone. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call-specific metadata handler uses a public key of a phone service provider that originated the incoming call as it decodes the call-specific metadata. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the link that is present in the call-specific metadata comprises an indication that a source device for the incoming call is configured with a Sender Controlled Media (SCM) compatible dialer. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the call-specific metadata indicates at least one of a topic of the incoming call, an originator of the incoming call, and a request that a recipient of the incoming call take an action.