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US 6,226,367 B1Granted
Calling line identification with location icon
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsColin Donald Smith, Brian Finlay Beaton
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Abstract
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides a graphical icon identifying the caller and the location of the call for a communication device.
Claims30
A method of presenting information to a user of a communication device for a telephone network comprising the steps of:
- storing in a memory of the communication device a directory of entries each including a name, a telephone number and one or more icons individually associated with the caller and defined by the caller to suggest a characteristic of the telephone number, wherein the name corresponds to at least one telephone number and associated icon;
- receiving a call from the caller over the telephone network;
- accessing the memory for the icon individually associated with the caller's telephone number and the corresponding name;
- and
- displaying the caller's telephone number, the corresponding name, and the associated icon defined by the caller and suggesting the location of the caller from one or more of the telephone number and associated icon corresponding to the callers name, when said receiving step occurs.
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A system for presenting information to a user of a communication device for a telephone network comprising:
- a database in the memory of the communication device storing a directory of entries each including a name, a telephone number and one or more icons individually associated with the caller and defined by the caller to suggest a characteristic of the telephone number, wherein the name corresponds to at least one telephone number and associated icon;
- means for receiving a call from a caller over the telephone network;
- means for accessing the memory for the icon associated with the caller's telephone number and the corresponding name;
- and
- a display for displaying the caller's telephone number, the corresponding name, and the individually associated icon defined by the caller and suggesting the location of the caller from one or more of the telephone number and associated icon corresponding to the caller's name, when said receiving step occurs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.