Patent ID: 7787870

Claim:
A method of adapting a phone profile in a wireless communication device to a caller identifier (Caller ID) signal, comprising the steps of: extracting Caller ID information from a received Caller ID signal; associating at least a portion of the Caller ID information with at least a predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device; enabling access to the predetermined profile only when the portion of the Caller ID information is associated with the predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device; wherein the step of associating comprises associating Caller ID information with settings and applications for a particular user corresponding to the predetermined profile; storing on the wireless communication device separate multiple predetermined profiles relating to the user of the wireless communication device, wherein the multiple predetermined profiles include a work-related predetermined profile and a personal predetermined profile of the user; and switching between the work-related predetermined profile and the personal predetermined profile based on the Caller ID information from the received Caller ID signal.