Incoming call notification management

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

establishing, by an intermediate server, a data connection over a data channel to a mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group;

receiving, by the intermediate server, an incoming call from a caller, the incoming call associated with one of the first phone number and the second phone number;

in response to receiving the incoming call, identifying, by the intermediate server, a contact group associated with the incoming call, the identified contact group comprising the first contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the first phone number and comprising the second contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the second phone number;

generating, by the intermediate server, a notification message based on the identified contact group, the notification message comprising an identity of the caller and the identified contact group;

sending, by the intermediate server, the notification message to the mobile phone over the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured, in response to receiving the notification message, either to modify an existing contact record associated with the identity of the caller to include the identified contact group or to generate a contact record for the identity of the caller including the identified contact group; and

concurrent to sending the notification message, routing, by the intermediate server, the incoming call to the mobile phone over a voice channel different than the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured to, in response to receiving the incoming call, access the modified or generated contact record associated with the identity of the caller and display a notification identifying the caller and the contact group identified by the accessed contact record, and wherein the mobile phone is further configured to, in response to a termination of the incoming call, convert the modified contact record back to the existing contact record.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first phone number comprises a phone number corresponding to hardware of the mobile phone, and wherein the second phone number comprises a virtual phone number assigned to the mobile phone by the intermediate server.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data connection is established by the intermediate server in response to a request received from an application running on the mobile phone, and wherein the application receives the notification message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the caller comprises one or both of a phone number associated with the caller and a name associated with the caller.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voice channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and a broadcast system corresponding to a cellular service provider, the voice channel configured to transport audio signals associated with phone calls.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and the intermediate server, the data channel configured to transport data packets associated with digital communications between the mobile phone and the intermediate server.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of an intermediate server, are configured to perform steps comprising:

establishing, by the intermediate server, a data connection over a data channel to the mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group;

receiving, by the intermediate server, an incoming call from a caller, the incoming call associated with one of the first phone number and the second phone number;

in response to receiving the incoming call, identifying, by the intermediate server, a contact group associated with the incoming call, the identified contact group comprising the first contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the first phone number and comprising the second contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the second phone number;

generating, by the intermediate server, a notification message based on the identified contact group, the notification message comprising an identity of the caller and the identified contact group;

sending, by the intermediate server, the notification message to the mobile phone over the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured, in response to receiving the notification message, either to modify an existing contact record associated with the identity of the caller to include the identified contact group or to generate a contact record for the identity of the caller including the identified contact group; and

concurrent to sending the notification message, routing, by the intermediate server, the incoming call to the mobile phone over a voice channel different than the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured to, in response to receiving the incoming call, access the modified or generated contact record associated with the identity of the caller and display a notification identifying the caller and the contact group identified by the accessed contact record, and wherein the mobile phone is further configured to, in response to a termination of the incoming call, convert the modified contact record back to the existing contact record.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first phone number comprises a phone number corresponding to hardware of the mobile phone, and wherein the second phone number comprises a virtual phone number assigned to the mobile phone by the intermediate server.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the data connection is established by the intermediate server in response to a request received from an application running on the mobile phone, and wherein the application receives the notification message.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the identity of the caller comprises one or both of a phone number associated with the caller and a name associated with the caller.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the voice channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and a broadcast system corresponding to a cellular service provider, the voice channel configured to transport audio signals associated with phone calls.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the data channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and the intermediate server, the data channel configured to transport data packets associated with digital communications between the mobile phone and the intermediate server.

13. An intermediate server comprising one or more hardware processors and configured to perform steps comprising:

establishing, by the intermediate server, a data connection over a data channel to a mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group;

receiving, by the intermediate server, an incoming call from a caller, the incoming call associated with one of the first phone number and the second phone number;

in response to receiving the incoming call, identifying, by the intermediate server, a contact group associated with the incoming call, the identified contact group comprising the first contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the first phone number and comprising the second contact group in response to the incoming call being associated with the second phone number;

generating, by the intermediate server, a notification message based on the identified contact group, the notification message comprising an identity of the caller and the identified contact group;

sending, by the intermediate server, the notification message to the mobile phone over the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured, in response to receiving the notification message, either to modify an existing contact record associated with the identity of the caller to include the identified contact group or to generate a contact record for the identity of the caller including the identified contact group; and

concurrent to sending the notification message, routing, by the intermediate server, the incoming call to the mobile phone over a voice channel different than the data channel, wherein the mobile phone is configured to, in response to receiving the incoming call, access the modified or generated contact record associated with the identity of the caller and display a notification identifying the caller and the contact group identified by the accessed contact record, and wherein the mobile phone is further configured to, in response to a termination of the incoming call, convert the modified contact record back to the existing contact record.

14. The intermediate server of claim 13 , wherein the first phone number comprises a phone number corresponding to hardware of the mobile phone, and wherein the second phone number comprises a virtual phone number assigned to the mobile phone by the intermediate server.

15. The intermediate server of claim 13 , wherein the data connection is established by the intermediate server in response to a request received from an application running on the mobile phone, and wherein the application receives the notification message.

16. The intermediate server of claim 13 , wherein the identity of the caller comprises one or both of a phone number associated with the caller and a name associated with the caller.

17. The intermediate server of claim 13 , wherein the voice channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and a broadcast system corresponding to a cellular service provider, the voice channel configured to transport audio signals associated with phone calls.

18. The intermediate server of claim 13 , wherein the data channel comprises a communicative connection between the mobile phone and the intermediate server, the data channel configured to transport data packets associated with digital communications between the mobile phone and the intermediate server.