Application program enhancement with caller identification functionality

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• program instructions for executing, by a processor, a method for providing an application program with caller identification functionality, comprising:
• program instructions for obtaining at least one notification object corresponding to at least one notification message graphical user interface element presented externally to a graphical user interface of the application program and intercepted by a listener service registered for the application program;
• program instructions for performing, for a respective one of the at least one notification object:
• analyzing content of at least one field of the respective notification object according to at least one field pattern;
• obtaining call information comprising at least a telephone number extracted from the content analyzed;
• retrieving a profile corresponding to the telephone number from a database;
• and
• in response to an incoming call from the telephone number, presenting a user of the application program with identification information from the profile.

An apparatus for providing an application program with caller identification functionality, comprising:

• a processing circuitry adapted for:
• obtaining at least one notification object corresponding to at least one notification message graphical user interface element presented externally to a graphical user interface of the application program and intercepted by a listener service registered for the application program;
• for a respective one of the at least one notification object:
• analyzing content of at least one field of the respective notification object according to at least one field pattern;
• obtaining call information comprising at least a telephone number extracted from the content analyzed;
• retrieving a profile corresponding to the telephone number from a database;
• and
• in response to an incoming call from the telephone number, presenting a user of the application program with identification information from the profile.