Mobile device caller ID extension

An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having content stored thereon, which when executed, cause a machine to perform operations including:

• receiving caller ID information for an incoming phone call on a wireless mobile communication device;
• identifying a contact for a user of the mobile communication device based on the caller ID information;
• accessing scheduling data specific to the identified contact to identify scheduled events related to the contact;
• selecting one or more of the identified scheduled events as a prediction of a subject of the incoming phone call;
• and
• displaying the selected scheduled events during call notification responsive to the incoming phone call, and before the incoming phone call is answered.

A mobile communications device comprising:

• cellular transceiver hardware with which to receive an incoming wireless phone call, including caller identification (ID) information;
• data connection hardware to establish a wireless data connection with a remote server to access scheduling data from the remote server;
• a storage device to store scheduling data accessed from the remote server;
• and
• a caller ID extension agent to identify a contact for a user of the mobile communication device based on the caller ID information, access scheduling data specific to the identified contact from the storage device to identify scheduled events related to the contact, select one or more of the identified scheduled events as a prediction of a subject of the incoming phone call, and display the selected scheduled events during call notification responsive to the incoming phone call, and before the incoming phone call is answered.