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Method for presenting additional information about a telecommunication user

  • US 8,681,958 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2007
  • Issued: 03/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for receiving additional information about a user at a communication device, the method comprising:

  • identifying, at a telecommunication component, the user using a caller ID, the user being a calling party in a telecommunication call;

    constructing, at a request component, a request for information about the user in addition to the information contained in the caller ID;

    sending the request to a repository of additional information;

    receiving, responsive to the request, additional information about the user from the repository;

    displaying, at an information display component, the additional information;

    determining by the telecommunication device whether a part of the received additional information is static information, wherein static information is information about a party that does not change over a period of time, or dynamic information, wherein dynamic information is information about a party that changes from one call to the next; and

    in response to determining that a part of the received additional information is static information, storing the additional static information at the communication device.

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