Method, device and system for displaying incoming information

The invention discloses a method, a device and a system for displaying incoming information, belonging to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: a terminal receives a call request, wherein the call request carries a calling phone number; if the calling phone number is not stored in a local phone book, the terminal sends a user name inquiring request to a server, wherein the user name inquiring request carries the calling phone number, so that the server inquires user name information corresponding to the calling phone number in a yellow page database; and if the terminal receives the user name information corresponding to the calling phone number sent by the server, the terminal displays the user name information in incoming information. By adopting the method, the device and the system disclosed by the invention, the amount of information which can be displayed by incoming information can be improved.