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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy B. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gregory Charles Lindley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04M 1/57 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/576 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for selecting an image of a caller associated with an incoming call. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a caller associated with an incoming call from an originating telecommunications device. The method also includes locating plurality images of the identified caller, and randomly displaying on the mobile telecommunications device's display screen one or more images from among the located plurality images of the identified caller.