In-call contact information display
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsKenneth Q. Sabotta, Paula Guntaur, David T. Pan
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Abstract
Call control information regarding a phone call that a user of a mobile communications device is currently engaged in with an individual is displayed on a screen. A request to display in-call contact information is received, and in response to the request the in-call contact information regarding the individual is displayed. This request can be a single user input, and the in-call contact information can include information obtained by the mobile communications device from a social networking service.
Claims20
One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile communications device, cause the one or more processors to:
- display, on a screen, call control information regarding a phone call that a user of the mobile communications device is currently engaged in with an individual;
- receive a single user input requesting display of in-call contact information;
- and
- display, in response to the single user input, the in-call contact information, the in-call information including information regarding the individual.
A method implemented in a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to display in-call contact information regarding an individual that is currently engaged in a phone call with the mobile communications device;
- obtaining, in response to the request, the in-call contact information, the in-call contact information including information obtained by the mobile communications device from a social networking service;
- and
- displaying the in-call contact information.
One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile communications device, cause the one or more processors to:
- display, on a screen, call control information regarding a phone call that a user of the mobile communications device is currently engaged in with a particular individual;
- receive a single user input requesting display of in-call contact information;
- and
- display, in response to the single user input, the in-call contact information, the in-call information including information regarding the particular individual as well as at least some of the call control information, the information regarding the particular individual having been obtained by the mobile communications device from a social networking service and including one or more phone numbers and one or more addresses of the particular individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.