Method to tag a phone call to communicate purpose of the call

摘要

Phone calls may be tagged with the importance or the context of the call to be displayed along with the caller ID information on the display of a receiving phone. The context information is thus made available even before the call is answered to aid the user in determining whether or not to answer the call or how long thereafter it would be appropriate to wait before the call is returned.

主权项

1. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a first mobile device to:
receive an indication of a telephone call from a second mobile device; receive caller identification information corresponding to the second mobile device; receive a context from the second mobile device; and display the context on a display when the caller identification is displayed prior to the telephone call being answered, wherein the context includes an icon and/or text indicating the purpose of the telephone call, wherein the text is a question.