Method and system for collecting and presenting historical communication data for a mobile device

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

• identifying an automated web service based on a domain name associated with communications sent to a user, the communications comprising a sender address associated with the automated web service and a recipient address associated with the user;
• receiving communications sent by the automated web service to the user of a communication device;
• automatically generating a profile for the automated web service from data extracted from the communications;
• sending a query to a first computing device over a network using the data extracted from the communications in response to receiving a new communication from the automated web service, the query being performed using search criteria including a phone number;
• receiving, from the first computing device, second information from a social network profile of the automated web service stored by the first computing device;
• updating the profile using the second information;
• and
• enabling presentation of the profile on the communication device in response to a user request on the communication device.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic causing the processor to perform the operations of:
• identifying an automated web service based on a domain name associated with communications sent to a user, the communications comprising a sender address associated with the automated web service and a recipient address associated with the user;
• receiving communications sent by the automated web service to the user of a communication device;
• automatically generating a profile for the automated web service from data extracted from the communications;
• sending a query to a first computing device over a network using the data extracted from the communications in response to receiving a new communication from the automated web service, the query being performed using search criteria including a phone number;
• receiving, from the first computing device, second information from a social network profile of the automated web service stored by the first computing device;
• updating the profile using the second information;
• and
• enabling presentation of the profile on the communication device in response to a user request on the communication device.