Dialer with Real-Time Reverse Look-Up Including Social Data

• US 20130054749A1
• Filed: 08/22/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yao, Rose, Walkin, Brandon Marshall
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

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

Claims

1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:

receiving a series of inputs;

determining whether the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile and, upon determination that the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile, displaying one or more portions of the locally-stored user profile;

if the inputs are not associated with a locally-stored user profile, transmitting the inputs to a server;

receiving, in response to the transmitted inputs, one or more portions of a remotely-stored profile; and

displaying the one or more portions of the remotely-stored profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputs comprise the digits of a phone number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputs comprise the alphanumeric characters of an e-mail address or user handle for a third-party communication service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmission to the server occurs substantially in real time with the reception of each of the series of inputs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmission to the server occurs upon determination that the inputs are not associated with a locally stored user profile.

6. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:

receiving, from a client, a series of inputs;

determining whether the inputs are associated with a stored profile;

upon a positive determination, transmitting one or more portions of the stored profile to the client.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the series of inputs comprises receiving each input sequentially, and determining whether the inputs are associated with a stored profile comprises performing a reverse look-up in substantially real-time with each received input of the series of inputs.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the stored profile is a user profile.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the stored profile is associated with a non-user.

10. A non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed by one or more processors, to:

receive a series of inputs;

determine whether the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile and, upon determination that the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile,

displaying one or more portions of the locally-stored user profile;

if the inputs are not associated with a locally-stored user profile, transmit the inputs to a server;

receive, in response to the transmitted inputs, one or more portions of a remotely-stored profile; and

display the one or more portions of the remotely-stored profile.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the inputs comprise the digits of a phone number.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the inputs comprise the alphanumeric characters of an e-mail address or user handle for a third-party communication service.

13. The media of claim 10, wherein transmission to the server occurs substantially in real time with the reception of each of the series of inputs.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein transmission to the server occurs upon determination that the inputs are not associated with a locally stored user profile.

15. A non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions, the instructions operable, when executed by one or more processors, to:

receive, from a client, a series of inputs;

determine whether the inputs are associated with a stored profile;

upon a positive determination, transmit one or more portions of the stored profile to the client.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein receiving the series of inputs comprises receiving each input sequentially, and determining whether the inputs are associated with a stored profile comprises performing a reverse look-up in substantially real-time with each received input of the series of inputs.

17. The media of claim 15, wherein the stored profile is a user profile.

18. The media of claim 15, wherein the stored profile is associated with a non-user.

19. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more communication interfaces;

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable,

when executed by the one or more processors, to;

receive a series of inputs via the one or more communication interfaces;

determine whether the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile and, upon determination that the inputs are associated with a locally-stored user profile, displaying one or more portions of the locally-stored user profile;

if the inputs are not associated with a locally-stored user profile, transmit, via the one or more communication interfaces;

the inputs to a server;

receive, in response to the transmitted inputs, through the one or more communication interfaces, one or more portions of a remotely-stored profile; and

display the one or more portions of the remotely-stored profile.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more communication interfaces;

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable,

when executed by the one or more processors, to;

receive via the one or more communication interfaces, from a client, a series of inputs;

determine whether the inputs are associated with a stored profile;

upon a positive determination, transmit, via the one or more communication interfaces, one or more portions of the stored profile to the client.