Enhanced Caller Information via Third-Party Server

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional caller identification systems provide minimal information, typically limited to names and locations, and fail to share contextual information, media, or promotional content relevant to the caller at the onset of a call.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that retrieve and transmit enhanced caller information, including audio, text, images, video, web links, and promotional content, associated with the caller's user profile to the recipient's device before, during, or after a call, utilizing a third-party information server and user profiles linked by tags.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional caller identification systems are used, then device complexity is reduced, but information completeness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecaller information completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A server acts as an intermediary between the caller's device and the recipient's device. The server stores enhanced caller information (images, videos, audio clips, promotional content) and retrieves/transmits this information upon call initiation, allowing complete information sharing without increasing the complexity of individual caller ID devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system moves caller information from a single-dimension display (text-only on traditional caller ID) to multi-dimensional content (images, videos, audio, promotional material) that can be accessed and displayed across multiple devices and platforms, expanding the informational dimension without complicating the core identification function

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of time

If enhanced information is transmitted before calls, then call relevance is improved, but information transmission time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecall preparation timeVSAvoidcall connection speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-fetching and caching enhanced caller information on the server before the call is initiated. When a call is initiated, the information is already prepared and can be quickly transmitted to the recipient's device, reducing the perceived delay while maintaining comprehensive information delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system transmits information in prioritized batches - essential caller identification information is transmitted immediately to enable quick call connection, while additional enhanced content (promotional material, detailed profiles) follows subsequently, allowing call setup to proceed without waiting for all information to be transferred

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12225154B1Enhanced caller information

Publication Date: 2025.02.11 FIRST ORION CORP

AI summary

Various media or other related information may be provided during a call between a calling device and a called device. One example method of operation may include initiating a call via an origination device to a recipient device, transmitting a call notification to an enhanced information server responsive to initiating the call, retrieving enhanced information associated with the intended recipient device and/or the origination device, transmitting the enhanced information to the intended recipient device and/or the origination device, and connecting the call between the origination device and the intended recipient device.