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Caller identification using communication network information

  • US 9,680,990 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2016
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • by a client computing device of a receiving user, receiving an incoming communication from an initiating user;

    by the client computing device, receiving, in connection with the incoming communication, information associated with the initiating user, the information accessed from a network comprising a database comprising a plurality of profiles, at least one first profile corresponding to the initiating user and at least one second profile corresponding to the receiving user;

    by the client computing device, presenting to the receiving user;

    a notification of the incoming communication; and

    the information associated with the initiating user;

    by the client computing device, determining, based on a degree of separation between the initiating user and the receiving user, whether to cache on the client device at least a portion of the information associated with the initiating user; and

    by the client computing device, in response to a determination that the information is to be cached, caching on the client computing device the information of the initiating user determined to be cached.

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