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Call handling using social network data

  • US 8,983,440 B1
  • Filed: 01/07/2013
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, at an electronic device and from a caller, a call, the electronic device being associated with a call recipient;

    obtaining an identifier associated with a calling device from which the call originated;

    using the identifier to access social network data that is descriptive of a relationship of the caller to the call recipient in a social networking platform;

    selecting, from among multiple, different call handling options, a call handling option for the call based on the social network data that is descriptive of the relationship of the caller to the call recipient in the social networking platform, wherein selecting the call handling option comprises;

    determining, based on the social network data, a connection type of the caller to the call recipient in the social networking platform, the connection type being selected from a set of connection types including at least connection types of directly connected, indirectly connected, and unconnected; and

    in response to determining the connection type of the caller to the call recipient in the social networking platform, selecting, as the call handling option for the call, a call handling option associated with the determined connection type, the selected call handling option being selected from among at least;

    a first call handling option associated with the connection type of directly connected;

    a second call handling option associated with the connection type of indirectly connected, the second call handling option being different from the first call handling option; and

    a third call handling option associated with the connection type of unconnected, the third call handling option being different from the first call handling option and the second call handling option; and

    using the selected call handling option to perform a call handling action for the call.

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