System, apparatus and method of providing phone call route information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906643-B2
Application number	US-201514743497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2015
Priority date	Nov 4, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a system, apparatus, and/or method for providing phone call route information, including a calling party information collector configured to collect calling party information according to selecting of a phone number link object provided to a calling party through a network a called party information collector configured to collect called party information about a certain incoming call from a called terminal, and a matching determiner configured to determine a relation between the selecting of the phone number link object and the certain incoming call by comparing at least one piece of the calling party information and at least one piece of the called party information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for providing phone call route information, the system comprising:
a server including a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,
collect calling party information according to selecting of a phone number link object provided to a calling party through a network, the collected calling party information including information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party, the information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party including at least one of: information related to a search keyword used by the calling party to obtain the phone number link object, and service detail information related to a webpage or a UI screen of an application that the phone number link object was displayed on,
collect called party information about a certain incoming call from a called terminal,
determine a relation between the selecting of the phone number link object and the certain incoming call by comparing at least one piece of the calling party information and at least one piece of the called party information, and
transmit the collected calling party information based on a result of the determining of the relation such that the collected calling party information is displayed on the called terminal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the phone number link object is displayed on a caller terminal via a webpage through the network or a user interface (UI) screen of an application.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the phone number link object is displayed on a screen of a first terminal of the calling party, and
a phone call is made as a second terminal of the calling party is driven according to the selecting of the phone number link object.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calling party information comprises at least one of:
service details of providing the phone number link object;
information about a time when the phone number link object is selected;
a phone number linked to the phone number link object;
information about a member who selected the phone number link object;
a phone number of a caller terminal; and
information about a time when an outgoing call is made according to the selecting of the phone number link object.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the called party information is collected from an application installed on the called terminal, and comprises at least one of:
information about a time when the certain incoming call is received;
a phone number of the called terminal; and
a phone number of a caller terminal.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes comparing information about a time when the phone number link object is selected by the calling party to information about a time when the certain incoming call is received by the called party.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes comparing information about a time when an outgoing call is made according to the selecting of the phone number link object by the calling party to information about a time when the certain incoming call is received by the called party.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes comparing a phone number linked to the phone number link object associated with the calling party to a phone number of the called terminal associated with the called party.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes comparing a phone number of a caller terminal to a phone number of a caller terminal.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes comparing information about a user who selected the phone number link object to a phone number of a caller terminal.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes determining similarity between pieces of information collectable based on a phone number included in the calling party information and the called party information.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calling party information displayed on the called terminal further includes at least one of:
service details of providing the phone number link object;
information about a time when the phone number link object is selected;
a phone number linked to the phone number link object;
information about a member who selected the phone number link object;
a phone number of a caller terminal; and
information about a search keyword for providing the phone number link object.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the calling party information displayed on the called terminal is provided through an advance notice screen before the certain incoming call is displayed or through a follow-up notification screen after the certain incoming call is displayed.

14. A method of providing, by a server, phone call route information, the method comprising:
collecting calling party information according to selecting of a phone number link object provided to a caller terminal through a network, the collected calling party information including information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party, the information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party including at least one of: information related to a search keyword used by the calling party to obtain the phone number link object, and service detail information related to a webpage or a UI screen of an application that the phone number link object was displayed on;
collecting called party information about a certain incoming call from a called terminal;
determining a relation between the selecting of the phone number link object and the certain incoming call by comparing at least one piece of the calling party information and at least one piece of the called party information; and
transmitting the collected calling party information based on a result of the determining of the relation such that the collected calling party information is displayed on the called terminal.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
transmitting the calling party information based on a result of the determining of the relation such that the calling party information is displayed on the called terminal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer readable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, configures the at least one processor to:
collect called party information about an incoming call;
transmit the called party information to a server configured to collect calling party information according to selecting of a phone number link object provided to a caller terminal through a network, the collected calling party information including information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party, the information related to how the phone number link object was obtained by the calling party including at least one of: information related to a search keyword used by the calling party to obtain the phone number link object, and service detail information related to a webpage or a UI screen of an application that the phone number link object was displayed on;
receive the calling party information from the server based on a result of determining a relation between the selecting of the phone number link object and the incoming call by comparing at least one piece of the calling party information and the called party information; and
display the received calling party information on a called terminal.

17. An apparatus for

Assignees

• Naver Corp

Inventors

• Kim Dong Ki
• Kim Eun Mi
• Moon Hyeon Sik
• Jeong Hyeon Su

Classifications

• H04M3/42102

  Making use of the called party identifier · CPC title

• H04M3/42059 Primary

  Making use of the calling party identifier · CPC title

• H04M3/42076

  where the identifier is a Uniform Resource Locator · CPC title

• H04M1/575

  Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party · CPC title

• H04W4/16

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title