Party information for data-capable communication device

摘要

Detailed information about a party can be provided during interparty communication. Data-capable mobile devices query at least a public database to retrieve information about a set of parties engaged in communication. The results of the database query are employed to provide detailed caller identification and detail functionality to telephones or communication devices not utilizing traditional landlines or commercial caller identification service. Storage can be included to include address book function, query caching, and user preferences. An interface can be provided to facilitate display of rich caller identification information. The interface can further update displayed information without user input, or provide user selection control to request more information on a selected portion of displayed information. These features can be applied to determine the information about a party that is either receiving a communication or initiating a communication.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to first party information being determined to be represented in contact history information of a device at which a call is received, facilitating a first display of information from the contact history information, wherein the first party information indicates a communication party identity associated with a telephone number from which the call is initiated, and the contact history information represents a history of communications of the device with respect to party identities associated with the device; andin response to the first party information being determined not to be represented in the contact history information of the device: querying a public data store;
selecting second party information from query results, wherein the second party information is for a same party as the communication party identity, wherein the selecting the second party information is based on:generating multiple query results from respective multiple queries; anddetermining content from the query results based on comparing results from the multiple query results; andfacilitating a second display of the second party information received from the query results retrieved from the public data store.