Apparatus and method for providing contact-related information items

A method comprising:

• applying a ranking algorithm to contact-related information items associated with a contact of a user according to predefined categories of relevance, wherein the ranking algorithm comprises a weighting algorithm configured to arrange different types of contact-related information items into different predefined categories of relevance;
• determining whether a contact-related information item associated with a first relevance level based on the ranking algorithm is available;
• in response to an incoming voice call from the contact, providing for presentation of the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level by displaying the contact-related information item within a predefined display area of a user interface in an instance in which the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level is available and determining whether sufficient contact-related information items associated with the first relevance level are available to fill the predefined display area;
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• accessing, via a processor, in response to the incoming voice call from the contact and also in response to a determination that the contact-related information items associated with the first relevance level that are available are insufficient to fill the predefined display area, a contact-related information item associated with a second relevance level based on the ranking algorithm and providing for presentation of the contact-related information item associated with the second relevance level by displaying the contact-related information item within the predefined display area of the user interface in an instance in which the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level is unavailable,
• wherein the contact-related information items provide information relating to the contact of the user other than the contact's name and other than the contact's phone number,
• wherein the second relevance level is indicative of a lower level of importance of the contact-related information item in terms of contextual relevance as compared to the first relevance level and with respect to the contact, and
• wherein at least one of the first relevance level or the second relevance level is based at least in part on input provided by the user or by the contact.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions for:

• applying a ranking algorithm to contact-related information items according to predefined categories of relevance, wherein the ranking algorithm comprises a weighting algorithm configured to arrange different types of contact-related information items into different predefined categories of relevance;
• determining whether a contact-related information item associated with a first relevance level based on the ranking algorithm is available;
• in response to an incoming voice call from the contact, providing for presentation of the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level by displaying the contact-related information item within a predefined display area of a user interface in an instance in which the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level is available and determining whether sufficient contact-related information items associated with the first relevance level are available to fill the predefined display area;
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• accessing, in response to the incoming voice call from the contact and also in response to a determination that the contact-related information items associated with the first relevance level that are available are insufficient to fill the predefined display area, a contact-related information item associated with a second relevance level based on the ranking algorithm and providing for presentation of the contact-related information item associated with the second relevance level by displaying the contact-related information item within the predefined display area of the user interface in an instance in which the contact-related information item associated with the first relevance level is unavailable,
• wherein the contact-related information items provide information relating to the contact of the user other than the contact's name and other than the contact's phone number,
• wherein the second relevance level is indicative of a lower level of importance of the contact-related information item in terms of contextual relevance as compared to the first relevance level and with respect to the contact, and
• wherein at least one of the first relevance level or the second relevance level is based at least in part on input provided by the user or by the contact.