Application program enhancement with caller identification functionality

1 . A method for providing an application program with caller identification functionality, comprising:

providing program instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor performing:

obtaining at least one notification object corresponding to at least one notification message graphical user interface element presented externally to a graphical user interface of the application program and intercepted by a listener service registered for the application program;

for a respective one of the at least one notification object:

analyzing content of at least one field of the respective notification object according to at least one field pattern;

obtaining call information comprising at least a telephone number extracted from the content analyzed;

retrieving a profile corresponding to the telephone number from a database; and

in response to an incoming call from the telephone number, presenting a user of the application program with identification information from the profile.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing program instructions for prompting the user to approve notifications access by the application program, subsequent to registering the listener service.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of call information further comprising determining a call state of a telephone call associated with the respective notification object using a call state manager broadcast receiver registered for the application program.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising providing program instructions for prompting the user to approve access to read phone state by the application program, subsequent to registering the call state manager broadcast receiver.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein determining the call state further comprising checking for the respective notification object a value of a field indicative of the telephone call taking place.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the value denotes a predicate of a chronometer display.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one field pattern comprising a first pattern for an address book contact and a second pattern for a non-address book contact.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the content of the at least one field further comprising determining whether the respective notification object corresponds to a notification shown by a dialer application program, by using a package name and a respective package field of the respective notification object.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are provided via a software development kit.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the profile comprising sending the telephone number to a backend server.

11 . A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;

program instructions for executing, by a processor, a method for providing an application program with caller identification functionality, comprising:

program instructions for obtaining at least one notification object corresponding to at least one notification message graphical user interface element presented externally to a graphical user interface of the application program and intercepted by a listener service registered for the application program;

program instructions for performing, for a respective one of the at least one notification object:

analyzing content of at least one field of the respective notification object according to at least one field pattern;

obtaining call information comprising at least a telephone number extracted from the content analyzed;

retrieving a profile corresponding to the telephone number from a database; and

in response to an incoming call from the telephone number, presenting a user of the application program with identification information from the profile.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising program instructions for prompting the user to approve notifications access by the application program, subsequent to registering the listener service.

13 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the obtaining of call information further comprising determining a call state of a telephone call associated with the respective notification object using a call state manager broadcast receiver registered for the application program.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising program instructions for prompting the user to approve access to read phone state by the application program, subsequent to registering the call state manager broadcast receiver.

15 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein determining the call state further comprising checking for the respective notification object a value of a field indicative of the telephone call taking place.

16 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the at least one field pattern comprising a first pattern for an address book contact and a second pattern for a non-address book contact.

17 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein analyzing the content of the at least one field further comprising determining whether the respective notification object corresponds to a notification shown by a dialer application program, by using a package name and a respective package field of the respective notification object.

18 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions are provided via a software development kit.

19 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein retrieving the profile comprising sending the telephone number to a backend server.

20 . An apparatus for providing an application program with caller identification functionality, comprising:

a processing circuitry adapted for:

obtaining at least one notification object corresponding to at least one notification message graphical user interface element presented externally to a graphical user interface of the application program and intercepted by a listener service registered for the application program;

for a respective one of the at least one notification object:

analyzing content of at least one field of the respective notification object according to at least one field pattern;

obtaining call information comprising at least a telephone number extracted from the content analyzed;

retrieving a profile corresponding to the telephone number from a database; and

in response to an incoming call from the telephone number, presenting a user of the application program with identification information from the profile.