Enhanced caller identification using caller readable devices
View Patent ↗A method for providing enhanced caller information to a communications recipient includes storing enhanced caller information in memory of a card distributed to a cardholder. An information reader reads the enhanced caller information from the memory of the card when the cardholder attempts to initiate a telephone call. The read enhanced caller information is inserted into voice signals used to establish the telephone call with the communications recipient. The voice signals with the inserted enhanced caller information are transmitted to the communications recipient over a network. A cellular telephone includes an information reader for reading the enhanced caller information from an external caller information storage device, for example, a card. An information insertion module of the cellular telephone merges the enhanced caller information with voice signals used to establish a telephone call with a communications recipient. The cellular telephone includes a transmitter for transmitting the voice signals with the merged enhanced caller information over a network to the communications recipient.
1. A method for providing enhanced caller information to a communications recipient, the method comprising:
storing enhanced caller information in memory of a card distributed to a cardholder;
reading, by an information reader, the enhanced caller information from the memory of the card when the cardholder attempts to initiate a telephone call;
inserting the enhanced caller information read by the information reader into voice signals used to establish the telephone call with the communications recipient; and
transmitting the voice signals with the inserted enhanced caller information to the communications recipient over a network.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically dialing a telephone number in response to reading the enhanced caller information from the memory of the card.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the card is an RFID (radio frequency identification) card.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the RFID card transmits the enhanced caller information to the information reader in response to an interrogation signal therefrom.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enhanced caller information includes executable program code that automatically executes upon being read by the information reader.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enhanced caller information stored in memory of the card includes personal data about the cardholder.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enhanced caller information stored in memory of the card includes information about a product of interest to the cardholder.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enhanced caller information stored in memory of the card includes information about an event attended by the cardholder.
9. A cellular telephone, comprising:
an information reader reading enhanced caller information from an external caller information storage device;
an information insertion module merging the enhanced caller information with voice signals used to establish a telephone call with a communications recipient; and
a transmitter transmitting the voice signals with the merged enhanced caller information over a network to the communications recipient.
10. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the information reader includes an RFID reader.
11. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the information reader includes an optical scanner.
12. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the enhanced caller information includes executable program code and the information insertion module includes a processor, the processor being programmed with the executable program code in response to the information reader reading the enhanced caller information from the external caller information storage device.
13. The cellular telephone of claim 12 , wherein the enhanced caller information further includes a telephone number of the communications recipient and execution of the executable program code by the processor automatically causes the telephone number to be dialed in response to the information reader reading the enhanced caller information from the external caller information storage device.
14. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the enhanced caller information includes personal data about a caller who is attempting to establish the telephone call with the communications recipient.
15. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the enhanced caller information includes information about a product of interest to a caller who is attempting to establish the telephone call with the communications recipient.
16. The cellular telephone of claim 9 , wherein the enhanced caller information includes information about an event attended by a caller who is attempting to establish the telephone call with the communications recipient.