Customizing called number identification
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsThomas F. Kister, Alexander N. Kokhanyuk
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods that enable users to configure, customize, or personalize names for called number identification information. Accordingly, when such information is displayed for an incoming phone call, a user is able to quickly determine which line is being called based on a better user-created description of the CNI information.
Claims11
A method for mapping called number identification (CNI) information to user-created customized names comprising:
- identifying a plurality of phone lines in use;
- receiving user-created customized names for the identified plurality of phone lines;
- mapping each of the user-created customized names to each different one of the identified plurality of phone lines;
- generating a look-up table for the mapping;
- receiving a call notification of an incoming phone call through one of the identified plurality of phone lines, the call notification includes CNI information of the one phone line through which the incoming phone call is received;
- translating the CNI information of the incoming phone call to a corresponding one of the user-created customized names from the look-up table;
- and
- providing a display of the translated CNI information as the corresponding user-created customized name at a call-notification receiver to identify the one phone line through which the incoming phone call is received;
- wherein generating the look-up table comprises generating the look-up table remotely from the call-notification receiver;
- the method further comprising:
- forwarding the look-up table to the call-notification receiver;
- and
- storing the look-up table at the call-notification receiver.
A method for mapping called number identification (CNI) information to user-created customized names with a call-notification receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving at the call-notification receiver a list of user-created customized names mapped to a plurality of predetermined phone lines;
- receiving at the call-notification receiver CNI information of an incoming phone call through one of the predetermined phone lines, the CNI information is provided by a telephone service provider that services one of the predetermined phone lines through which the incoming phone call is received;
- the call-notification receiver translating the CNI information of the incoming phone call to a corresponding one of the user-created customized names from the list;
- and
- the call-notification receiver providing a display of the corresponding one of the user-created customized names in place of the CNI information as a customized description of the one phone line;
- wherein receiving at the call-notification receiver a list of user-created customized names comprises:
- receiving at the call-notification receiver a remote forwarding of the list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.