Management of media content associated with a user of a mobile computing device

An unknown caller method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a caller who is not a participant in a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform has initiated a call to a recipient who is a participant of a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform;
• using caller ID information of the call to gather content pertaining to the caller from a plurality of sources including information available in data stores of the platform and public number search information;
• generating a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure based on the gathered content;
• delivering the generated SCM data structure to a call-receiving device of the recipient;
• and
• presenting content from the generated SCM data structure to the recipient in a visual caller ID interface on the call-receiving device.

An unknown contactor method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a sender who is not a participant in a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform has initiated contact with a recipient who is a participant of a sender-controlled media (SCM) platform;
• using sender information associated with the contact instance to gather content pertaining to the sender from a plurality of sources including information available in data stores of the platform and public search sources;
• generating a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure based on the gathered content;
• delivering the generated SCM data structure to a contact-receiving device of the recipient;
• and
• presenting content from the generated SCM data structure to the recipient in an SCM interface on the contact-receiving device.

A method comprising:

• configuring a sender-controlled media (SCM) application to receive SCM data-structures from sender participants of an SCM platform;
• interfacing the SCM application with a phone screen control portion of a phone application so that content in the received SCM data structure is provided to the phone application as content to be presented on an electronic display of the phone while a phone call is in progress;
• monitoring, with the SCM application, user actions in the electronic display while content is presented during the phone call;
• and
• updating the SCM data structure for affecting the electronic display responsive to the monitored user actions.