Patent ID: 8942177
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. Non-transitory computer-readable media usable for storing information, having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, enable a computing device to perform a method of providing carrier-identification capability to a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving call information that is associated with an incoming call, wherein the call information includes carrier-identification information that is useable to identify an originating carrier responsible for originating the incoming call; communicating the carrier-identification information to a network database associated with a particular network carrier through a receiving switch, the network database storing carrier-specific data that is specific to the originating carrier; querying the network database to retrieve the carrier-specific data based on the communicated carrier-identification information; receiving the carrier-specific data from the network database through the receiving switch, wherein the receiving switch originally received the carrier-identification information from an originating switch via a control network and received communication via a voice network; querying the network database to receive the carrier-specific data based on the communicated carrier-identification information, wherein the carrier-specific data includes a carrier identifier (“carrier-ID”), a geographic designation, or a denotation as to whether the incoming communication is in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication; prior to communicating the carrier-specific data from the particular network carrier to the mobile device, determining by the particular network carrier that the incoming communication is from a person designated within a user-defined group and whether the incoming communication is an in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication, wherein when the incoming communication is from the person designated within the user-defined group, then assigning a denotation of in-carrier communication to the incoming communication when the incoming communication would otherwise be considered an inter-carrier communication; and communicating the carrier-specific data from the particular network carrier to the mobile device, wherein the carrier-specific data includes the denotation as to whether the incoming communication is from the person designated within the user-defined group and whether the incoming communication is an in-carrier communication or an inter-carrier communication, thereby enabling the mobile device to present the carrier-specific data by way of a presentation component coupled to the mobile device.