Kenneth E Vance

US Patent:

6397059, May 28, 2002

Filed:

May 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/580104

Inventors:

Kenneth Ronald Vance - Plano TX 75023

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

455415, 455421, 455458, 455463

Abstract:

A wireless communications system, such as a paging system, that provides caller identification to a mobile unit. The paging system includes an IVR unit for prompting a caller to enter a call back number and a caller base number. The call base number is a number associated with the identity of the caller, such as the callers home number or main business number. The paging system further includes an interface unit for obtaining caller identification information from a telephone listing database in an external database, such as the line identification database (LIDB) in a public switched telephone network. In operation, the paging system first determines caller identification from the base number by accessing the LIDB database for a listing corresponding to the base number. The paging system may also perform other steps to determine the caller identification from the callers base number, such as searching a reverse look-up telephone directory. If the call base number is unavailable or fails to produce caller identification information, the paging system may use the call back number to determine caller identification information.

US Patent:

60945745, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Oct 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/962270

Inventors:

Kenneth Ronald Vance - Plano TX
Edward Ernest Jungerman - Richardson TX

International Classification:

H04Q 738

US Classification:

455415

Abstract:

A wireless communications system, such as a paging system, that provides caller identification to a mobile unit. The paging system includes an IVR unit for prompting a caller to enter a call back number and a caller base number. The call base number is a number associated with the identity of the caller, such as the caller's home number or main business number. The paging system further includes an interface unit for obtaining caller identification information from a telephone listing database in an external database, such as the line identification database (LIDB) in a public switched telephone network. In operation, the paging system first determines caller identification from the base number by accessing the LIDB database for a listing corresponding to the base number. The paging system may also perform other steps to determine the caller identification from the caller's base number, such as searching a reverse look-up telephone directory. If the call base number is unavailable or fails to produce caller identification information, the paging system may use the call back number to determine caller identification information.