SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CALLER NAME INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES

1 . A computer-implemented method of retrieving caller data by code executing during execution of a call handler of a terminating mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminating mobile device, a call page from a wireless network, wherein the call page is associated with an incoming call and includes a mobile directory number (MDN) of a calling mobile device;

transmitting, by the terminating mobile device, a query for caller data associated with the MDN to a server on the wireless network over a wireless data connection; and

storing, by the terminating mobile device, the caller data in a memory of the terminating mobile device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting a query for caller data associated with the MDN to a server over a wireless data connection includes opening a wireless data connection to the server before the incoming call associated with the call page is completed.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting the caller data to a user of the terminating mobile device before the user picks up the incoming call.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the call page includes abbreviated caller name (CNAM) data retrieved from a line information database (LIDB) data store, wherein the CNAM data includes fifteen characters or less of caller name information.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the caller data retrieved from the server includes extended caller name (EX-CNAM) data, wherein the EX-CNAM data includes more than fifteen characters of caller name information.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the EX-CNAM data is retrieved from the line information database (LIDB) data store from which the CNAM data was retrieved.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the server is a service control point (SCP) server associated with a carrier of the terminating mobile device.

8 . A service control point computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by the at least one processor, cause the service control point computing device to perform actions for providing caller name information to a terminating mobile device, the actions comprising:

receiving, from a network control point computing device, a subscriber query that includes a mobile dialing number (MDN) of a calling mobile device;

submitting a query for caller name (CNAM) data to a line information database (LIDB) data store associated with the MDN;

transmitting, to the network control point computing device, the CNAM data received from the LIDB data store;

receiving, from the terminating mobile device, a request for full name data;

submitting a query for full name data to the LIDB data store associated with the MDN; and

transmitting, to the terminating mobile device, the full name data received from the LIDB data store.

9 . The service control point computing device of claim 8 , wherein the actions further comprise determining whether a subscriber associated with the terminating mobile device has access to caller name services, and wherein submitting the query for caller name (CNAM) data to a line information database (LIDB) data store associated with the MDN is performed in response to determining that the subscriber has access to caller name services.

10 . The service control point computing device of claim 8 , wherein the full name data includes extended caller name (EX-CNAM) data.

11 . The service control point computing device of claim 8 , wherein the actions further comprise establishing a data connection with the terminating mobile device.

12 . The service control point computing device of claim 11 , wherein establishing a data connection with the terminating mobile device includes establishing an IP-based connection with the terminating mobile device.

13 . The service control point computing device of claim 11 , wherein establishing the data connection with the terminating mobile device includes establishing the data connection with the terminating mobile device while the terminating mobile device is participating in a call.

14 . The service control point computing device of claim 8 , wherein the CNAM data is fifteen characters or less, and wherein the full name data includes more than fifteen characters.

15 . A nontransitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform actions comprising:

receiving, by the mobile device, a call page from a wireless network, wherein the call page is associated with an incoming call and includes a mobile directory number (MDN) of a calling mobile device;

transmitting, by the mobile device, a query for caller data associated with the MDN to a server on the wireless network over a wireless data connection; and

storing, by the mobile device, the caller data in a memory of the mobile device.

16 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein transmitting a query for caller data associated with the MDN to a server on the wireless network over a wireless data connection includes opening, by the mobile device, a wireless data connection to the server before the call associated with the call page is completed.

17 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the actions further comprise presenting, by the mobile device, the caller data to a user of the mobile device before the user picks up the incoming call.

18 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the call page includes abbreviated caller name (CNAM) data retrieved from a line information database (LIDB) data store.

19 . The computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the caller data retrieved from the server includes extended caller name (EX-CNAM) data.

20 . The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the EX-CNAM data is retrieved from the line information database (LIDB) data store from which the CNAM data was retrieved.