Patent ID: 8681958
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving additional information about a user at a communication device, the method comprising: identifying, at a telecommunication component, the user using a caller ID, the user being a calling party in a telecommunication call; constructing, at a request component, a request for information about the user in addition to the information contained in the caller ID; sending the request to a repository of additional information; receiving, responsive to the request, additional information about the user from the repository; displaying, at an information display component, the additional information; determining by the telecommunication device whether a part of the received additional information is static information, wherein static information is information about a party that does not change over a period of time, or dynamic information, wherein dynamic information is information about a party that changes from one call to the next; and in response to determining that a part of the received additional information is static information, storing the additional static information at the communication device.