Patent ID: 8626137
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing caller identification (ID) information to a mobile device, comprising receiving caller ID information from local address books of a plurality of mobile devices used by a plurality of different users; generating a pooled address book that aggregates the caller ID information received from the plurality of mobile devices; receiving a request from a first mobile device used by a first user for caller ID information associated with a telephone number of a second mobile device used by a second user, the caller ID information associated with the telephone number not present in a local address book of the first mobile device; identifying the caller ID information associated with the telephone number in the pooled address book, the identified caller ID information received from a local address book of a third mobile device used by a third user; and sending the identified caller ID information associated with the telephone number to the first mobile device.