Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing caller identification to mobile devices
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Application No.: US14255941Application Date: 2014-04-17
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Publication No.: US09106739B1Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Jason Anthony Devitt , Michael Lloyd Wells
- Applicant: WhitePages, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: WhitePages, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WhitePages, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42 ; H04W4/16

Abstract:
A caller information server provides caller identification (ID) information to a mobile device. The server receives caller ID information from local address books stored on multiple mobile devices. The caller information server aggregates the received caller ID information to generate a pooled address book. The caller information server may determine whether names within the caller ID information are legitimate and store or filter the information accordingly. When a mobile device receives a call from a telephone number for which it lacks caller ID information in its local address book, the mobile device sends a request for the caller ID information for the telephone number, to the caller information server. The server identifies caller ID information associated with the telephone number in the pooled address book, and sends this information to the mobile device.
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