Patent ID: 8213919

Claim:
A method for selectively providing information regarding an incoming call destined for a designated mobile phone associated with a particular user based on the location of the designated mobile phone for delivery to a video display device associated with the particular user, comprising: periodically determining whether the designated mobile phone is within a home zone for the particular user, wherein the determining is performed at a network element within a mobile communications network that provides carrier service to the designated mobile phone; based on the determining, storing in a database associated with the network element a presence indication that indicates whether the designated mobile phone is within the home zone for the particular user; receiving, by a mobile switching center, a call from a calling phone, the call containing information regarding an identification of the calling phone and a destination number associated with the designated mobile phone; retrieving the presence indication; when the presence indication indicates that the designated mobile phone is within the home zone for the particular user, then sending the calling phone identification and the mobile phone destination number to a video provider associated with the particular user.