Patent ID: 8958537
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, at an electronic device and from a caller, a call, the electronic device being associated with a call recipient; obtaining an identifier associated with a calling device from which the call originated; using the identifier to access social network data that is descriptive of a relationship of the caller to the call recipient in a social networking platform; selecting, from among multiple, different alert options, an alert option for the call based on the social network data that is descriptive of the relationship of the caller to the call recipient in the social networking platform, wherein selecting the alert option for the call based on the social network data that is descriptive of the relationship of the caller to the call recipient in the social networking platform comprises: using the selected alert option to output an alert associated with the call.