Method and system for associating a user profile to a caller identifier

A system of adapting a phone profile in a wireless communication device to a Caller Identifier (Caller ID) signal, comprises:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is operable to:
• extract Caller ID information from a received Caller ID signal;
• associate at least a portion of the Caller ID information with at least a predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device;
• and
• enable access to the predetermined profile only when the portion of the Caller ID information is associated with the predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device;
• wherein the system associates at least a portion of the Caller ID information by associating Caller ID information with settings and applications for a particular user corresponding to the predetermined profile;
• store on the wireless communication device separate multiple predetermined profiles relating to the user of the wireless communication device, wherein the multiple predetermined profiles include a work-related predetermined profile and a personal predetermined profile of the user;
• and
• switch between the work-related predetermined profile and the personal predetermined profile based on the Caller ID information from the received Caller ID signal.

A wireless communication device having a system of adapting a phone profile to a received caller identifier (Caller ID) signal, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver and controlled under an operating system allowing multiple predetermined profiles, wherein the multiple predetermined profiles include a work-related predetermined profile and a personal predetermined profile of the user, wherein the processor is operable to:
• extract Caller ID information from a received Caller ID signal;
• associate at least a portion of the Caller ID information with at least a predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device;
• enable access to the predetermined profile only when the portion of the Caller ID information is associated with the predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device;
• associate Caller ID information with settings and applications for a particular user corresponding to the predetermined profile;
• store separate multiple predetermined profiles on the wireless communication device;
• and
• switch from one predetermined profile to another predetermined profile based on the Caller ID information from the received Caller ID signal.