Patent ID: 9626656
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: by a client computing device of a first user executing an application, receiving via a user interface of the application, an identifier of an intended recipient from the first user to initiate a communication to a second user, wherein the user interface contains socially relevant information associated with the identifier from a page of a social-networking system, and includes a user selectable button which when selected displays at least a portion of the page; by the client computing device, determining by performing a reverse lookup whether a first portion of a social-network user profile of the second user is stored locally on the client computing device; by the client computing device, when it is determined that the first portion of the social-network user profile of the second user is stored locally on the client computing device, displaying to the first user, in connection with at least the initiation of the communication, the first portion of the social-network user profile on the graphical user interface; by the client computing device, when it is determined that the first portion of the social-network user profile is not stored locally on the client computing device: sending the identifier to a server computing device of the social-networking system; by the server computing device, performing a reverse lookup for a user or entity associated with the received identifier; by the server computing device, determining that a user or entity associated with the received identifier resides in the social networking system; by the server computing device, determining a relationship between the user transmitting the received identifier and the user or entity associated with the received identifier by accessing a social graph network store of the social networking system; by the client computing device, receiving a second portion of the social-network user profile of the second user that is stored remotely from the client computing device; and by the client computing device, displaying to the first user, in connection with at least the initiation of the communication, the second portion of the social-network user profile of the second user in accordance with privacy policies of the first user and the user or entity matching the received identifier of the social networking system.