Method and device for mobile communication

• US 20030236769A1
• Filed: 06/03/2003
• Published: 12/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Pyhalammi, Seppo
• Application Number:
  US10/452,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20030236769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

A method and a system for storing contact information in the memory of a first electronic device (310), which is capable of communicating via a communication network, with at least one second electronic device (320, 340). The method comprises establishing a communication connection on the basis of a first piece of contact information between said first electronic device and at least one second electronic device (320, 340). The method also comprises receiving at least one second piece of contact information as a response to the first piece of contact information formed, the second piece of contact information being related to said first piece of contact information, storing said second piece of contact information in the memory of said first electronic device (310), and linking said first piece of contact information and said at least one second piece of contact information to point to one another.

Claims

1. A method for storing contact information in the memory of a first electronic device (310), which is capable of communicating via a communication network (330) with at least a second electronic device (320, 340);

the method comprises steps in which;

a first piece of contact information is input to the first electronic device (310) for establishing a communication connection with said at least one second electronic device (320),

a communication connection is established via said communication network (330) between said first electronic device (310) and said at least one second electronic device (320) on the basis of said first piece of contact information, characterized in that the method also comprises;

sending a request message by said first electronic device (310) to said at least one second electronic device (320, 340) on the basis of said communication connection, the request message comprising a request for sending at least one second contact information update related to the first piece of contact information to said first electronic device (310),

sending a feedback message by said at least one second electronic device (320, 340) as a response to said request message, the feedback message comprising at least one second piece of contact information related to the first piece of contact information;

storing said first piece of contact information and said at least one second piece of contact information in the memory of said first electronic device (310).

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said first electronic device is a mobile station operating in a wireless communication network.

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said second electronic device is at least one of the following:

a mobile station operating in a wireless communication network, a server operating in a wireless communication network.

4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said first piece of contact information and said second piece of contact information is at least one of the following:

telephone number, e-mail address and web address.

5. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that said second piece of contact information is at least one of the following:

name information, address information.

6. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said request message is transmitted by the electronic device automatically when said communication connection is established for the first time.

7. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method also comprises linking said first piece of contact information and said at least one second piece of contact information to each other in the memory of the first electronic device.

8. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said transmission of the request message takes place over a wireless communication network.

9. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said feedback message is transmitted cyclically as a broadcast transmission along a different communication network to all the mobile stations that transmitted said request message.

10. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that said feedback message is transmitted when a certain threshold value specified for a broadcast transmission is reached.

11. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that said communication network is a DVB network.

12. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that said broadcast transmission is a DVB transmission.

14. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that the device also comprises linking means (201-203, 208) for linking said first piece of contact information and said at least one second piece of contact information to each other in the memory of said electronic device.

15. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that said request message transmission means (201-207) are arranged to transmit said request message automatically when said communication connection is established for the first time.

16. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that said request message transmission means are arranged to transmit said request message over a wireless connection.

17. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that said request message transmission means are arranged to transmit said request message in at least one of the following manners:

SMS message and MMS message.

18. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that the device also comprises feedback message generating means for generating a feedback message as a response to the request message received.

19. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that said device is a mobile station operating in a wireless communication network.

20. A device (200) according to claim 11, characterized in that said feedback message reception means are arranged to receive a feedback message from a broadcast message transmitted in a different communication network.

13. An electronic device (200) for storing contact information in the memory of said device (202, 208), the device being capable of communicating via a communication network with at least one second electronic device;

the device (200) comprising;

input means (204) for inputting the first piece of contact information to said electronic device (200) for establishing a communication connection with said at least one second electronic device,

communication means for establishing a communication connection via said communication network between said electronic device (200) and said at least one second electronic device on the basis of said first piece of contact information, characterized in that said device (200) also comprises;

request message generating means (201-203), the request message comprising a request for getting at least one second piece of contact information related to said first piece of contact information to said electronic device,

request message transmission means (201-207) for transmitting a request message by said electronic device to said at least one second electronic device on the basis of the communication connection established,

reception means (201-207) for receiving a feedback message, which comprises at least one second piece of contact information, as a response to the request message transmitted, the second piece of contact information relating to said first piece of contact information, and

storage means (201-203, 208) for storing said first piece of contact information and said second piece of contact information in the memory (202, 208) of said device.

21. An electronic device (200) for storing contact information in the memory of said device (202, 208), the device being able to communicate via a communication network with at least one second electronic device;

the device (200) comprising;

a user interface (204, 205) for inputting a first piece of contact information to said electronic device (200) for establishing a communication connection with said at least one second electronic device,

a transceiver for establishing a communication connection via said communication network between said electronic device (200) and said at least one second electronic device on the basis of said first piece of contact information, characterized in that said device (200) also comprises;

a processor (201) configured to generate a request message, the request message comprising a request for getting at least one second piece of contact information related to said first piece of contact information to said electronic device,

the transceiver (206-207) being configured to transmit a request message by said electronic device to said at least one second electronic device on the basis of the communication connection established,

the transceiver (206-207) being configured to receive a feedback message, which comprises at least one second piece of contact information, as a response to the request message transmitted, the second piece of contact information relating to said first piece of contact information, and the device comprises

a memory (202) for storing said first piece of contact information and said second piece of contact information.

22. A system for storing contact information in the memory (311) of the first electronic device (310), the system comprising:

a first electronic device (310) and at least one second electronic device (320, 340), the first electronic device (310) being capable of communicating via a communication network (330) with said at least one second electronic device (320, 340),

input means (204, 205) for inputting the first piece of contact information to the first electronic device for establishing a communication connection with said at least one second electronic device,

communication means (201, 206, 207, 203) for establishing a communication connection via said communication network (330) between said first electronic device (310) and said at least one second electronic device (320, 340) on the basis of said first piece of contact information, characterized in that the system comprises;

request message transmission means (201, 203, 206, 207) for transmitting a request message by said first electronic device (310) to said at least one second electronic device (320, 340) on the basis of the communication connection established, the request message comprising a request for sending at least one second piece of contact information related to the first piece of contact information to said first electronic device (310),

feedback message transmission means (201, 203, 206, 207) for transmitting a feedback message from said at least one second electronic device (320, 340) as a response to the request message received, the feedback message comprising at least one second piece of contact information related to said first piece of contact information, and

storage means (201, 202, 203, 208) for storing said first piece of contact information and said second piece of contact information in the memory (311) of said first electronic device (310).

23. A computer software product (203) for an electronic device (310, 320) for storing contact information in said electronic device (310, 320), the electronic device (310, 320) being capable of establishing a communication connection via a communication network (330) with at least one second electronic device (310, 320, 340) on the basis of a first piece of contact information formed in said first electronic device (310, 320), characterized in that the computer software product comprises:

computer software means (203) for generating a request message, the request message comprising a request for sending at least one second piece of contact information related to said first piece of contact information to said device,

computer software means (203) for causing said first electronic device (310, 320) to send said request message to at least one second electronic device (310, 320, 340) on the basis of said communication connection established,

computer software means (203) for causing said electronic device to receive a feedback message, which comprises at least one second piece of contact information, as a response to the request message transmitted, the second piece of contact information relating to said first piece of contact information,

computer software means (203) for storing said first piece of contact information and said at least one second piece of contact information in the memory of said electronic device (310, 320).