Systems and methods for delivering multimedia information to mobile devices

A mobile computing device configured to perform actions for presenting call screening information along with an initial ring of an incoming call, the actions comprising:

• receiving an application-directed Short Message Service (SMS) message including a shared secret from a warm socket server;
• storing the shared secret;
• transmitting a response to the warm socket server via a data connection;
• periodically receiving User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets from the warm socket server via the data connection;
• receiving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) identifying a location from which call screening information can be obtained;
• using the URL to obtain the call screening information;
• storing the call screening information in a local data store;
• receiving a call page associated with the incoming call, wherein the call page includes an inbound mobile dialing number;
• using the inbound mobile dialing number to retrieve the call screening information from the local data store;
• and
• presenting the call screening information to a user of the mobile computing device before the user picks up the incoming call.

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform actions for transmitting call screening information to a terminating mobile device, the actions comprising:
• receiving an origination request associated with a call to the terminating mobile device;
• while holding termination of the call, transmitting call screening information to the terminating mobile device;
• and
• transmitting an origination request response to release termination of the call in response to determining that the call screening information was received by the terminating mobile device;
• wherein transmitting call screening information to the terminating mobile device includes transmitting a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the terminating mobile device, wherein the URL is usable by the terminating mobile device to retrieve the call screening information;
• and
• wherein transmitting the URL to the terminating mobile device includes transmitting an application-directed Short Message Service (SMS) message to the terminating mobile device, wherein the application-directed SMS message includes the URL.

A mobile computing device configured to perform actions for presenting call screening information along with an initial ring of an incoming call, the actions comprising:

• receiving an application-directed Short Message Service (SMS) message including a shared secret from a warm socket server;
• storing the shared secret;
• transmitting a response to the warm socket server via a data connection;
• receiving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) identifying a location from which call screening information can be obtained;
• using the URL to obtain the call screening information, wherein using the URL to obtain the call screening information includes using the shared secret and the URL to obtain the call screening information;
• storing the call screening information in a local data store;
• receiving a call page associated with an incoming call, wherein the call page includes an inbound mobile dialing number;
• using the inbound mobile dialing number to retrieve the call screening information from the local data store;
• and
• presenting the call screening information to a user of the mobile computing device before the user picks up the incoming call.