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US 9,544,425 B2Granted
Social caller ID with reverse look-up
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsRose Yao, Brandon Marshall Walkin
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Abstract
Methods and systems directed to a social caller ID application that performs a reverse look up on an incoming communication to determine a specific member of a social networking system associated with the incoming communication, and, based on the social relationship between the detected member and the recipient of the communication, display particular information to the recipient. In this manner, a user is provided a caller ID system that leverages information stored remotely on a social network.
Claims16
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed, to:
- receive, at a client device, an incoming communication from a source, wherein the communication comprises at least a voice call;
- query a server having access to a social graph with incoming communication information, the social graph comprising a first node associated with the client device, the server operable to identify, from among a plurality of pre-determined relationship categories, a category associated with the source;
- receive a set of socially relevant information from the server, the socially relevant information comprising a data set based at least in part on the category associated with the source;
- and
- display, in a call screen, the set of socially relevant information in connection with the incoming communication to a user of the client device, and
- wherein the plurality of pre-determined relationship categories comprises a pre-determined relationship category for a source that is not associated with a node of the social graph.
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A method comprising:
- by a client device, receiving an incoming communication from a source, the communication comprising at least a voice call;
- by the client device, querying a server having access to a social graph with incoming communication information, the social graph comprising a first node associated with the client device, the server operable to identify, from among a plurality of pre-determined relationship categories, a category associated with the source;
- by the client device, receiving a set of socially relevant information from the server, the socially relevant information comprising a data set based at least in part on the category associated with the source;
- and
- by the client device, displaying, in a call screen, the set of socially relevant information in connection with the incoming communication to a user of the client device, and
- wherein the plurality of pre-determined relationship categories comprises a pre-determined relationship category for a source that is not associated with a node of the social graph.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
- receive at a client device an incoming communication from a source, the communication comprising at least a voice call;
- query a server having access to a social graph with incoming communication information, the social graph comprising a first node associated with the client device, the server operable to identify, from among a plurality of pre-determined relationship categories, a category associated with the source;
- receive a set of socially relevant information from the server, the socially relevant information comprising a data set based at least in part on the category associated with the source;
- and
- display, in a call screen, the set of socially relevant information in connection with the incoming communication to a user of the client device, and
- wherein the plurality of pre-determined relationship categories comprises a pre-determined relationship category for a source that is not associated with a node of the social graph.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.