FORM -2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
&
THE PATENTS RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10; rule 13)
SMART CALLER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.,
an Indian Company, of Nirmal Building, 9th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021,
Maharashtra, India.
THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION PARTICULALRY DESCRIBES THE INVENTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS TO BE PERFORMED

FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of communication. Particularly, the present invention relates to the field of social networking. Still particularly, this invention relates to a system for providing account based wireless communication services.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Today, people's desire to socially network and stay updated with the latest information is hindered by geography and transportation constraints. Consequently, social events are the only moments when people interact personally, face to face.
To bridge the social gap, communication devices evolved from simple telephonic devices to voice and video communication tools which are now extensively used and are easily available. Of these communication devices, mobile phones are the easiest and the simplest means for staying connected. The communication services have evolved from a simple audio communication to text and video communication.
Though various communication devices are extensively available, they are not available at affordable rates for rural areas. The rural areas still uses PCO booth for communication wherein a single booth is used by everyone to stay in touch with others. The owner of the PCO booth receives all the calls and takes the messages on behalf of the rural people. The owner of the booth conveys the messages to the concerned person. In this way, the privacy of the rural people is not maintained. The rural people are likely to be charged higher charges then the actual charges of the calls.

(i.e. calls form unknown numbers or calls not from persons whose details have not been entered in the contact list), people do not bother much to receive a call by such an unknown number. The downside of such a methodology of functioning is that a known persons call may be rejected or not received if the number 'seems' unknown. In such an instance, 'seemingly' important information or the need to communicate at that point of time is obviated merely because the number 'seems' unknown.
There are features available through which a person can make a call and his number getting displayed on the callee's phone but nothing which displays the number of the actual caller and not the name of the person owning the handset. Today, if a person wants to make an important call and for some reason does not have his handset around or in working condition, then one has to depend on a different mobile phone for calling. In this case, one is liable to use the other person's credit/debit facility for the call related charges, and needs to remember the number he/she has to call. The number to which the call is made will display the mobile number of the person owning the handset and not the mobile number of the person actually calling.
Objects of this Invention:
An object of this invention is to provide a universally accessible contact list for a phone.
Another object of this invention is to provide a backup of the contact list from a phone.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide the user's caller identification

system, even if a user uses any phone or phone number.
Summary of the Invention:
For the purposes of this specification, said pre-defined information may be contact lists, messages, images, songs, videos, multimedia content and the like.
According to this invention, there is provided a system for providing universal access to pre-defined information through a phone, for retrieval and use of said pre-defined information relating to data in any phone, said system comprises:
- registration means adapted to register at least a first phone with its corresponding phone identification fields for authenticated use with said system;
- transmission means coupled with said registered phone to transmit said pre-defined information;
- receiver means adapted to receive said transmitted pre-defined information from each of said registered phones;
- server means adapted to store said received pre-defined information, in a classified manner;
- logging means adapted to allow a user to securely log-on to said server means using a second phone;
- accessing means adapted to allow a user to securely access said information of said first phone using said logged-on second phone;
- mapping means adapted to map securely accessed said information on said second phone; and
- phone switching means adapted to allow routing of a call from said second phone using mapped pre-defined information of said first phone.

Typically, said server means includes classification means adapted to classify said receiver information based on phone number.
Typically, said server means includes classification means adapted to classify said receiver information based on preset identification field of said phone.
Typically, said logging means includes authentication means adapted to authenticate said user for logging on.
Typically, said system includes billing means adapted to route billing of calls from said second logged-on phone to said first phone.
Brief Description of the Accompanying Drawings:
The invention will now be described in relation to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 illustrates a schematic of the system;
Figure 2 illustrates a schematic of working of the system; and
Figure 3 illustrates a schematic view of the application as seen by a user of the system.

Detailed Description of the Accompanying Drawings:
Figure 1 illustrates a schematic of the system of this invention. According to this invention, there is provided a system (10) for providing universal access to pre-defined information, typically for retrieval and use, by a phone or the like device.
In accordance with an embodiment of this invention, there is provided a registration means (RM) adapted to register a phone (P) along with its number, IMEI number, and the like soft and hard identity information for authenticated use with the system (10) of this invention.
In accordance with another embodiment of this invention, there is provided a transmission means (TX) coupled with said phone (P) to transmit pre-defined information. Typically, said pre-defined information may be contact lists, messages, images, songs, videos, multimedia content and the like.
In accordance with yet another embodiment of this invention, there is provided a receiver means (RX) adapted to receive said transmitted information from a plurality of phones (P).
In accordance with still another embodiment of this invention, there is provided a server means (SM) adapted to store said received pre-defined information, in a classified manner, said classification based primarily on phone number. Thus, the objective of this system (10) is to store the contact list of a user in the server means (SM).
In accordance with an additional embodiment of this invention, there is

provided a logging means (LM) adapted to allow a user to log on to said server means (SM) using any phone (P), and using certain authenticated log-in details. Thus, the user is allowed to access his information, particularly relating to contact lists, from any phone. The list will be mapped to the phone (P) from which the user is accessing the server means (SM).
In accordance with yet an additional embodiment of this invention, there is provided a phone switching means (PSM) adapted to allow routing of a call from any phone (P) and phone number.
Figure 2 illustrates a schematic of working of the system of this invention. Thus, a first phone (P1) having a first phone number may be used to log-on to said server means (SM) and use said phone switching means (PSM) using the log-in information and login means (LM) of a second phone (P2) having a second phone number. Once the contact list of said second phone (P2) having second phone number is retrieved from said server means (SM) and mapped on to said first phone (P1) having first phone number, the call to any number through this application and system (10) will display the number of the caller (user logged into the application), i.e. the second phone (P2) number, and not the mobile number of the person's handset owning that handset, i.e. the first phone (P1) number details will be masked by the details of the second phone (P2) number.
In accordance with still an additional embodiment of this invention, there is provided a billing means (BM) adapted to route the billing of calls depending on the authentication/log-in information at the server and information at the phone switching means.

The system of this invention will now be explained in relation to a non-limiting exemplary embodiment as follows:
This application allows the personalization of contact list on any handset using this system and application. For example, user A and user B have this application on their handset. The application, of the system of this invention, will be registered on the basis of mobile numbers of the user. User A can access his/her contact list from user B's application by keying in his/her authentication credentials in the application. This scenario can help if a person's mobile phone is switched off and he/she needs to make an urgent call to a number which he/she does not remember.
If a person's mobile phone is lost, he can use his credentials in this application once downloaded to a new handset and can get access his/her contact list. If the mobile phone is lost, a person has to get his/her SIM card blocked and gets the credentials transfer to a new mobile number which he/she takes.
When a user's mobile phone is switched off and he/she wants to make an urgent call to a number he/she does not remember, the user can use this application on any other person's handset to see his/her contact list. A person can even call up to that number using this application. In this case the callee will see the name of the actual caller and not the name of a person to whom the phone belongs. The caller will be charged for the call and not the person to whom the handset belongs.
In jurisdictions where MNP (mobile number portability) is successfully used, the above two functionality can be effectively used across different mobile phones having different network operators.

In accordance with an additional embodiment of this invention, there is an updating means (UM) adapted for updating the list of contacts, if new contacts are added to the mobile. This is achieved by logging in to the server means and then refreshing the list of contacts available in the system.
Preferably, a person can have more than one mobile number. A person will have only one user id and password but when he/she logs in using his/her credentials, he will have all the mobile numbers mapped to his name and can view details of any one of them he wishes to.
According to another exemplary embodiment, this system can provide an important feature to an existing application of SMS based ticket booking system. A person can use this application to send SMS to book a ticket using any other mobile phone having this application. The SMS functionality will exactly work as the call functionality works in this application, and the charges will be billed to the original or log-in user's account.
Figure 3 illustrates a schematic view of the application as seen by a user of the system. Here, a logging means (LM) is seen, after which the mobile number may be fed or multiple mobile numbers of the same user may be displayed. Further, the contact list, and options (O) relating to the call can be seen.
While considerable emphasis has been placed herein on the various components of the preferred embodiment, it will be appreciated that many alterations can be made and that many modifications can be made in the preferred embodiment without departing from the principles of the invention.

These and other changes in the preferred embodiment as well as other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein, whereby it is to be distinctly understood that the foregoing descriptive matter is to be interpreted merely as illustrative of the invention and not as a limitation.

We claim,
1. A system for providing universal access to pre-defined information through
a phone, for retrieval and use of said pre-defined information relating to
data in any phone, said system comprising:
- registration means adapted to register at least a first phone with its corresponding phone identification fields for authenticated use with said system;
- transmission means coupled with said registered phone to transmit said pre-defined information;
- receiver means adapted to receive said transmitted pre-defined information from each of said registered phones;
- server means adapted to store said received pre-defined information, in a classified manner;
- logging means adapted to allow a user to securely log-on to said server means using a second phone;
- accessing means adapted to allow a user to securely access said information of said first phone using said logged-on second phone;
- mapping means adapted to map securely accessed said information on said second phone; and
- phone switching means adapted to allow routing of a call from said second phone using mapped pre-defined information of said first phone.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said server means includes
classification means adapted to classify said receiver information based on
phone number.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said server means includes classification means adapted to classify said receiver information based on preset identification field of said phone.
4. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said logging means includes authentication means adapted to authenticate said user for logging on.
5. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said system includes billing means adapted to route billing of calls from said second logged-on phone to said first phone.