Social caller ID with reverse look-up

摘要

Methods and systems directed to a social caller ID application that performs a reverse look up on an incoming communication to determine a specific member of a social networking system associated with the incoming communication, and, based on the social relationship between the detected member and the recipient of the communication, display particular information to the recipient. In this manner, a user is provided a caller ID system that leverages information stored remotely on a social network.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed, to:
receive, at a client device, an incoming communication from a source, wherein the communication comprises at least a voice call; query a server having access to a social graph with incoming communication information, the social graph comprising a first node associated with the client device, the server operable to identify, from among a plurality of pre-determined relationship categories, a category associated with the source; receive a set of socially relevant information from the server, the socially relevant information comprising a data set based at least in part on the category associated with the source; and display, in a call screen, the set of socially relevant information in connection with the incoming communication to a user of the client device, and wherein the plurality of pre-determined relationship categories comprises a pre-determined relationship category for a source that is not associated with a node of the social graph.