Comments on: Comcast’s Caller ID

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:45:47 +0000

Han — please provide us with the decode mechanism. I am also trying to work something out for Media Center.

By: TrueJournals

TrueJournals — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:47:39 +0000

Han, that’s awesome! Any chance you’d be willing to share your source code? If you don’t have a place to host it online, I’d be more than willing to upload it here!

By: Han

Han — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:20:53 +0000

Anyway, I decoded it. So… I wonder if this is dead by now… Anyone gonna read this? It’s only a year old…

I made a version for Delphi. Works like a charm. Fires an event when a call comes in.

By: Han

Han — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:44:09 +0000

Incoming call from Lincolnshire IL (847) 613-46xx

I put xx so the number wouldn’t be online.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:49:50 +0000

I just downloaded the caller ID app and tried it and it works fine. I haven’t tried it with 2 computers both signed in — I heard that might be a problem.

You have gathered some great data about the message format. I’m really interested in the possibility of sending messages to my TV via this mechanism. Was that example message you included

message to=”bob.graese@comcast.net/comcast” from=”callerid_alert@comcast.net/wcdc01b” id=”sn-30552863″ type=”headline”>3NoAaS45q2vvGEmdgNb35TReIbQcE7F5d4vtkBu0l1bsyVdLRr3VxaTyWbV
nyXpEIgjAs1QbBV2CK1HJjIb+yvTDOMXh5uDGh+Q552jyV6vxPM10+tlhNBfTEvNjB7QJnTHkd2Mmj5
Cl3JCdoRRw8/RTGSzDGrSQwLAmpht6GmS7DNMGcHc=

a real message? How did you capture it?

Have you tried sending this message to see if it popped up on the TV? What’s the easiest way to test this out? Download some XMPP client and send the message?

The reason I ask all this is that it may be easier to figure out what encryption is being use if we could capture real messages. Because then we’d have both the encrytped text along with the plain text. Make sense?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:47:13 +0000

I have Caller Id on my pc and it will not work or open and comcast can not give me answer as to why it won’t open

By: TrueJournals

TrueJournals — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:59:03 +0000

@Dave I don’t think that’s true. I have an @comcast.net e-mail address, but I never even log into it except for occasionally checking voicemail online. Also, the Caller ID on the TV just uses the normal Caller ID data — that is, you see on your TV whatever you would see on a phone’s caller ID. Unless they changed something major recently.

@Ross I’m really not sure what to tell you… You can only get the caller ID on your TV if you’re using a cable box. I don’t think there’s an extra charge for the service, but I could be wrong.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:53:53 +0000

Ross, I was told today by Comcast that you have to be using comcast(.net) as you email address and for a caller to show up on caller ID, they have to included in your Comcast directory. Kind of lame…

By: Ross Tate

Ross Tate — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:38:26 +0000

I believe my wife and I signed up several months ago for caller id on the tv.
We havent heard from anyone, are computor challanged, probably paying for the service, and no one cares about our problem

By: Brad K.

Brad K. — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:06:35 +0000

Great blog you got here…keep up the good work.