Caller ID Insertion in Video Stream for Interactive TV Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems do not effectively deliver Caller ID information from a mobile phone to a user's home television, especially when the user is likely to be at home, and do not provide interactive options for handling incoming calls.
Innovation Solution
A method that determines if a mobile phone is within a 'home zone' and sends Caller ID information to a video provider for insertion into a video stream on the user's television, allowing interactive call-handling instructions through a network that includes a mobile switching center, a video provider, and a data store for user profile information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If Caller ID information is delivered to mobile phone only, then the system complexity remains simple, but the user convenience and information accessibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a video provider as an intermediary component that receives Caller ID information from the mobile switching center and delivers it to the television display. This mediator handles the complexity of integrating telephony and television systems, while users simply enjoy enhanced convenience of viewing Caller ID on their TV without needing to understand or configure the underlying system complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the system continuously monitors mobile phone location to determine home zone, then the accuracy of delivering Caller ID to television is improved, but the energy consumption and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing home zone boundaries in advance and using mobile switching center data to determine when the phone is within the home zone. This allows the system to proactively prepare for delivering Caller ID to the television without requiring continuous real-time location monitoring, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining accurate location determination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If interactive call-handling options are provided on television, then the user control capability is enhanced, but the device complexity and network requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The television display serves multiple functions: it displays regular video content, shows Caller ID information, and provides interactive call-handling options. By making the television a multi-functional device that handles both entertainment and telephony control, the system enhances user adaptability and versatility without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function, thereby managing network complexity more efficiently.
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AI summary
A system and associated methods and media of delivering a notification of an incoming call and a series of interactive options such that a user can provide call-handling instructions to a wireless communications network for the incoming call. The notification and interactive options are transferred to a display device across at least a partially wired network. The indication and caller-identification information is inserted into a video stream that is communicated from the video-providing component to a media-receiving device that is in communication with a display device. The video-providing component receives call-handling instructions from the media-receiving device, as selected by a user, regarding the incoming call and then transmits the call-handling instructions to the wireless communications network.