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US 11,689,656 B2Granted
Computing device and system for rendering contact information that is retrieved from a network service
AssigneeNeustar, Inc.
InventorsTim Cody, Guido Jonjie S. Sena, Jr., Ken Politz, John Devolites, Michael Cooley
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Abstract
A contact information system provides an independent network authority for providing contact information in connection with incoming calls or messages. The contact information system utilizes a database of communication identifiers to provide contact information for end user devices that receive incoming communications which specify communication identifiers that are stored in the database.
Claims20
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- (a) determining a communication identifier of an incoming communication;
- (b) initiating a retrieval process to retrieve information associated with the communication identifier from a predetermined network location of a network authority, wherein the retrieved information is determined by a preferential setting associated with an initiator of the incoming communication, the preferential setting being previously stored in the predetermined network location of the network authority, the predetermined network location of the network authority being different from the initiator, the preferential setting specifying durations of time such that the retrieved information is business information associated with the initiator when retrieved during the durations of time, and the retrieved information is personal information associated with the initiator when retrieved outside the durations of time;
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- (c) rendering the retrieved information using the computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.