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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Zhenglong Bai, Cary, NC (US);
Scott W. Li, Cary, NC (US);
Marco Alberto Gonzalez, Durham, NC (US);
Matthew Carl Etter, Durham, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An approach is provided that hides a caller's telephone number and instead displays a user friendly string that acts as an alias for the caller's identity. The approach receives, from a caller using a calling device, an incoming call at a receiving device that is the information handling system such as a smart phone. The incoming call includes a set of textual metadata that includes an alias corresponding to caller as well as the caller's telephone number that corresponds to the calling device. The approach then displays, on a display screen accessible from the receiving device, the alias while inhibiting display of the caller telephone number, thus keeping the caller's actual telephone number hidden from the user of the receiving device.