Presenting an indication of an originating carrier of a wireless call

A system for enabling a wireless mobile-communications device (“mobile device”) to present originating-carrier-specific information, the system comprising:

• a receiving switch configured to receive an incoming call and associated carrier-identification information, wherein the receiving switch receives the carrier-identification information from an originating switch via a control network and receives communication via a voice network, wherein the carrier-identification information is useable to identify an originating carrier that is responsible for originating the incoming call, wherein the call information also includes a denotation as to whether the incoming call is an in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication, and information indicating that the incoming call is from a person designated within a user-defined group, wherein prior to communicating the call information to the mobile device, the receiving switch is further configured to, when the incoming call is from a person designated within the user-defined group, assign an identification of in-carrier communication to the incoming call even when the incoming call would otherwise be considered an inter-carrier communication;
• a network database in communication with the receiving switch, wherein the network database stores carrier-specific data that is specific to the originating carrier, and thereby useable to return a query from the receiving switch that seeks carrier-specific data based on the carrier-identification information, wherein the carrier-specific data includes a carrier identifier (“carrier-ID”), a geographic designation, or a denotation as to whether the incoming communication is in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication;
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• the wireless mobile communicating device that is operable to receive the call information when communicated from the switch and that is further operable to present the call information via a presentation component coupled to the mobile device.

Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, enable a mobile device to perform a method of presenting carrier-specific information associated with an incoming communication, the method comprising:

• at the mobile device, receiving carrier identification information that is associated with the incoming communication, wherein the carrier identification information identifies an originating carrier that is responsible for originating the incoming communication, wherein the carrier identification information also identifies that the incoming communication is from a person designated within a user-defined group, and wherein the carrier identification information is obtained by way of a receiving switch that is in communication with the originating mobile device, wherein the receiving switch originally received the carrier-identification information from an originating switch via a control network and received communication via a voice network, wherein the receiving switch extracts carrier-specific data from a network database associated with a particular network carrier, prior to communicating the carrier-specific data to the mobile device, wherein the carrier-specific data includes a carrier identifier (“carrier-ID”), a geographic designation, or a denotation as to whether the incoming communication is in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication;
• identifying by the particular network carrier, whether the incoming communication is an in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication, wherein when the incoming communication is from the person designated within the user-defined group, assigning an identification of in-carrier communication to the incoming communication even when the communication would otherwise be considered an inter-carrier communication;
• communicating the carrier-specific data from the particular network carrier to the mobile device;
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• displaying an indication of the carrier-specific data on a display of the mobile device.