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Method and apparatus for providing images for caller
identification over a mobile network
(U.S. Patents Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Pub. Number US7177627
Appl. Data 09 20010717
Applicant Comverse, Inc.
Inventor(s) Melaku, Makonnen
Aksu, Arda
Mohan, Seshadri
Title Method and apparatus for providing images for caller
identification over a mobile network
Abstract Picture Caller Line Identification (PCLI) systems
and methods are provided for enabling present and future mobile telephony
systems to provide PCLI information to a called party. A PCLI system that
interacts with a mobile telephony system includes a storage unit for storing
PCLI information and a processor that is programmed to detect a request for a
call from a caller to a called party, to retrieve PCLI information for the
caller from the storage unit, and to forward the PCLI information to the called
party. The processor may be further programmed to suspend completion of the
call until verification of receipt of the call by the called handset to ensure
that the PCLI information is available at the called party's handset prior to
completion of the call. Mobile handsets that may be used with the PCLI system
discussed above are also provided. A mobile handset for operating with a PCLI
system includes an input to receive an image associated with a caller and to
receive notification of the call from the caller, and a display that displays
the images. The handset also includes a processor that is programmed to receive
the image, to receive the notification of the call from the caller, and to
respond to the caller. The processor may be programmed to send the image to the
display after receiving the notification of the call from the caller.
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Copyright 2007 Micropatent LLC
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