Patent ID: 8761741

Claim:
A mobile communication device comprising: a location module configured to determine a location of the mobile communication device; a caller identification (ID) control module configured to regulate whether caller ID data are provided in call signals, wherein the provision of caller ID data in call signals is restricted based upon the location of the mobile communication device as determined by the location module; a memory configured to store caller ID restriction settings data that are related to one or more defined geographic areas; and a display, wherein the caller ID control module is configured to: determine, for an incoming call, whether a call signal associated with the incoming call includes caller ID data, determine, when the call signal associated with the incoming call includes caller ID data, whether the memory includes caller ID restriction settings data for the determined location, and output, to the display, caller ID restriction information relating to the incoming call, wherein the caller ID restriction information does not include an entirety of the caller ID data included in the call signal associated with the incoming call.