Address book for integrating email and instant messaging (IM)
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1. A system comprising:
- an address book database having a reference identifier (ID), the reference ID adapted to identify a contact, the address book database having a plurality of entries, the plurality of entries being correlated to the reference ID; and
an address book object configured to store information to the address book database, the address book object being further configured to retrieve information from the address book database.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, the email services and IM services are integrated through an address book database. The address book database correlates email information of a contact with a reference identifier (ID). Additionally, one or more IM addresses of the contact are also correlated to the reference ID, thereby permitting further correlation of a contact'"'"'s IM information with the contact'"'"'s email information.
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25 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an address book database having a reference identifier (ID), the reference ID adapted to identify a contact, the address book database having a plurality of entries, the plurality of entries being correlated to the reference ID; and
an address book object configured to store information to the address book database, the address book object being further configured to retrieve information from the address book database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving an instant messaging (IM) address of a contact;
receiving an email address of a contact;
correlating the IM address to a single reference identifier (ID), the single reference ID being adapted to identify the individual contact; and
correlating the email address to the single reference ID.
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving user input, the user input comprising multiple instant messaging (IM) addresses of an individual contact, the multiple IM addresses comprising IM addresses from different IM accounts, each of the different IM accounts being adapted to transmit and receive IM messages using a different IM protocol; and
correlating each of the multiple IM addresses to a single reference identifier (ID), the single reference ID being adapted to identify the individual contact. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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means for receiving an instant messaging (IM) address of a contact;
means for receiving an email address of a contact;
means for correlating the IM address to a single reference identifier (ID), the single reference ID being adapted to identify the individual contact; and
means for correlating the email address to the single reference ID.
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25. A system comprising:
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means for receiving user input, the user input comprising multiple instant messaging (IM) addresses of an individual contact, the multiple IM addresses comprising IM addresses from different IM accounts, each of the different IM accounts being adapted to transmit and receive IM messages using a different IM protocol; and
means for correlating each of the multiple IM addresses to a single reference identifier (ID), the single reference ID being adapted to identify the individual contact.
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