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Mobile device with enhanced telephone call information and a method of using same

  • US 8,135,391 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2009
  • Issued: 03/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing enhanced phone call information on a mobile communication device configured for voice and data communications, comprising:

  • receiving an incoming call on the device;

    identifying a contact name in an address book stored in a memory of the device in accordance with a phone number associated with the incoming call when the contact name is not provided with the incoming call;

    identifying a contact name in a remote contact source over a wireless data network in accordance with a phone number associated with the incoming call when the contact name is not provided with the incoming call and not found in the address book stored in a memory of the device; and

    displaying the identified contact name in a user interface screen on a display screen of the device;

    wherein two or more remote contact sources are searched when identifying a contact name not provided with the incoming call and not found in the address book stored in the memory of the device, the remote contact sources comprising (i) a global address book of a messaging server associated with the device and (ii) a reverse lookup directory service.

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