System and method to customize a telephone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692872-B2
Application number	US-201615372044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Aug 28, 2006
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for customizing a telephone are disclosed in which preferred communication services are conveniently accessible to a user, in which a telephone is tailored to the specific requirements of a user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for tailoring a telephone to a user comprising providing a telephone with at least one capsule operable to store a user role description comprising information relating to a user of the telephone, which information describes the role of the user, wherein the user role description is associated with a time of day, and to store at least one preferred communication service, associating the preferred communication service with a corresponding user role description, inputting in the at least one capsule the user role description and the preferred communication service associated with the corresponding user role description, and providing the telephone with operability to access and automatically initiate a communication connection with and make available to the user the preferred communication service based on the time of day via a communication connection between the telephone and a communication service provider selected from the group consisting of a web server, a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) gateway, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, a media server and an application layer gateway over a communication network operated by a service network provider, wherein the preferred communication service is selected from the group consisting of a commercial transaction service, a ticketing service, a phone banking service, a group call service, a hotline telephone service, a directory service, a yellow page service, a reminder service, an automatic wakeup call service, a conference call reminder service, an appointment reminder service, an information service, a news headlines service, a local weather report service, a road condition service, a morning commute information service, a bulletin board service which provides school event information, a dating service, an entertainment information service, a restaurant information service, a restaurant reservation service, a stock quote service, an emergency alert service, a flood warning service, a child care information service, a pediatric advice information service, a healthcare information service, a medical emergency service, a group chat service, a homework advice service, a hotel reservation service, a hotel show reservation service, a sports score information service, a sports information service, a diocese information service, a spiritual advice service, a charity information service and a child abduction alert service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to a user of the telephone is selected from at least one of a user identity, user age, user location, user language preference, user interests, user hobbies, user cultural affiliation, user ethnical affiliation, or user authentication information.

3. The invention of claim 2 wherein the user identity is selected from a guest name, employee number, or subscriber name.

4. The invention of claim 1 comprising providing a plurality of capsules.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising providing the telephone with an input module for inputting the user role information or the preferred communication service.

6. A method of automatically establishing a communication connection between a telephone and a preferred communication service based on at least one attribute of a user of the telephone, comprising providing the telephone with at least one capsule operable to store a user role description comprising information relating to a user of the telephone, which information describes the role of the user, wherein the user role description is associated with a time of day, and to store a preferred communication service associated with a corresponding user role description, inputting in the at least one capsule the user role description and the preferred communication service associated with the corresponding user role description and making the preferred communication service available to the user and automatically initiating a communication session with the preferred communication service based on the time of day via a communication network through a communication service provider selected from the group consisting of a web server, a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) gateway, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, a media server and an application layer gateway, wherein the preferred communication service is selected from the group consisting of a commercial transaction service, a ticketing service, a phone banking service, a group call service, a hotline telephone service, a directory service, a yellow page service, a reminder service, an automatic wakeup call service, a conference call reminder service, an appointment reminder service, an information service, a news headlines service, a local weather report service, a road condition service, a morning commute information service, a bulletin board service which provides school event information, a dating service, an entertainment information service, a restaurant information service, a restaurant reservation service, a stock quote service, an emergency alert service, a flood warning service, a child care information service, a pediatric advice information service, a healthcare information service, a medical emergency service, a group chat service, a homework advice service, a hotel reservation service, a hotel show reservation service, a sports score information service, a sports information service, a diocese information service, a spiritual advice service, a charity information service and a child abduction alert service.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the information relating to a user of the telephone is selected from at least one of a user identity, user age, user location, user language preference, user interests, user hobbies, user cultural affiliation, user ethnical affiliation, or user authentication information.

8. The method according to claim 6 wherein the communication session is a voice communication session or a data communication session.

9. The method according to claim 6 comprising retrieving from the at least one capsule information applicable to the preferred communication service and sending the retrieved information over a communication session to a preferred communication service provider.

10. The invention of claim 6 comprising providing a plurality of capsules.

11. A telephone capable of being tailored to the needs of a user of the telephone comprising at least one capsule operable to store a user role description comprising information relating to a user of the telephone, which information describes the role of the user, wherein the user role description is associated with a time of day, and to store a preferred communication service, wherein the preferred communication service is associated with a corresponding user role description wherein the telephone is operable to permit input in the at least one capsule the user role description and the preferred communication service associated with the corresponding user role description, and the telephone is further operable to access and automatically initiate a communication connection with and make available to the user the preferred communication service based on the time of day via a communication connection between the telephone and a communication service provider selected from the group consisting of a web server, a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) gateway, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, a media server and an application layer gateway over a communication network operated by a service network provider, wherein the preferred communication service is selected from the group consisting of a commercial transaction service, a ticketing service, a phone banking service, a group call service, a hotline telephone service, a directory service, a y

Assignees

• Tp Lab Inc

Inventors

• Ho Chi Fai
• Simon Chiu Shin Cheung

Classifications

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M2203/255

  comprising a personalized user interface · CPC title

• H04M2250/58

  including a multilanguage function · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04M1/72563 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic