Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identifying an unknown contact
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Application No.: US14505141Application Date: 2014-10-02
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Publication No.: US10165111B2Publication Date: 2018-12-25
- Inventor: Russell Speight VanBlon , John Carl Mese , Nathan J. Peterson , Arnold S. Weksler
- Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
- Applicant Address: SG New Tech Park
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: SG New Tech Park
- Agency: Kunzler, PC
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42 ; H04W4/16

Abstract:
For identifying an unknown contact, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code identifying an incoming call from an unknown contact, collecting relationship information regarding the unknown contact, and determining a relationship to a user based on the collected relationship information. In certain embodiments, the apparatus also includes code that provides a notification based on the determined relationship. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes code that shares the determined relationship with one or more stored contacts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160100050A1 IDENTIFYING AN UNKNOWN CONTACT Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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