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Automated caller identifier from contact lists of a user's contacts

  • US 9,369,850 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2013
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed on at least one computing device of a user that includes a processor, memory, and an identifier application, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the computing device, a message from a sender;

    searching, by the computing device in response to the received message, a contact list of the user for information that identifies the sender;

    sending, by the computing device in response to not finding in the user'"'"'s contact list the information, a plurality of messages to devices of various contacts listed in the user'"'"'s contact list, where each of the plurality of sent messages requests the information from a contact list of a corresponding one of the various contacts;

    receiving, in response to at least one of the sent plurality of messages, the requested information; and

    effectively expanding, based on the plurality of sent messages and the received requested information, the user'"'"'s contact list to include at least a portion of the various contacts'"'"' contact lists.

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