IDENTIFYING CALLER INFORMATION FOR OUTPUT ON MOBILE PHONE DEVICES
According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a service provider system, a phone number associated with an incoming phone call; determining, at the service provider system, a name associated with the phone number; and sending the name associated with the phone number to a mobile phone device.
1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, at a service provider system, a phone number associated with an incoming phone call;
determining, at the service provider system, a name associated with the phone number; and
sending the name associated with the phone number to a mobile phone device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone number is associated with a picture.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone number is received at least in part via a wireless link.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone number is received from the mobile phone device.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the name associated with the phone number is determined from a database having names associated with phone numbers.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the database is a caller ID database.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the name associated with the phone number is determined from a remote reverse phone number lookup service.
8 . The method of claim 1 , comprising sending a type of an entity associated with the phone number to the mobile phone device.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the name is determined and sent to the mobile phone device in response to prior receipt of a user selection from a menu of the mobile phone device.
10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining additional information associated with the phone number, the additional information including an address.
11 . A system, comprising:
a processor; and
logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, to cause the processor to:
receive, at a service provider system, a phone number associated with an incoming phone call;
determine, at the service provider system, a name associated with the phone number; and
send the name associated with the phone number to a mobile phone device.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the phone number is associated with a picture.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the phone number is received at least in part via a wireless link.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the phone number is received from the mobile phone device.
15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the name associated with the phone number is determined from a database having names associated with phone numbers.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the database is a caller ID database.
17 . A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer program code is readable by a processor, executable by the processor, or readable and executable by the processor, to cause the processor to:
receive, at a service provider system, a phone number associated with an incoming phone call;
determine, at the service provider system, a name associated with the phone number; and
send the name associated with the phone number to a mobile phone device.
18 . A method, comprising:
receiving, at a service provider system, a phone number sent by a user via a mobile phone device;
determining, at the service provider system, information associated with the phone number; and
sending the information associated with the phone number to the mobile phone device.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the information associated with the phone number is obtained from a database.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the information associated with the phone number includes an address.
21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the information associated with the phone number includes an entity type.
22 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the phone number is sent in response to the user selecting an option to perform a phone number search, wherein the option is provided to the user by the mobile phone device.