Method for populating a caller's information to a host-based address book
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1. In an Internet-based telephone service system wherein a user may access an Internet account from a client computer connected to the user'"'"'s telephone line, said Internet account being maintained by a host computer, a method for populating a host-based address book associated with said Internet account comprising the steps of:
- extracting a caller'"'"'s identification information transmitted in conjunction with an attempted initiation of a telephone call to the user; and
automatically updating the host-based address book associated with said Internet account.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided to populate a caller'"'"'s information to a host-based address book automatically or by a single click on a virtual button included in a popup window or by a series of simple commands.
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13 Claims
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1. In an Internet-based telephone service system wherein a user may access an Internet account from a client computer connected to the user'"'"'s telephone line, said Internet account being maintained by a host computer, a method for populating a host-based address book associated with said Internet account comprising the steps of:
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extracting a caller'"'"'s identification information transmitted in conjunction with an attempted initiation of a telephone call to the user; and
automatically updating the host-based address book associated with said Internet account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. In an Internet-based telephone service system wherein a user may access an Internet account from a client computer connected to the user'"'"'s telephone line, said Internet account being maintained by a host computer, a method for populating a host-based address book associated with said Internet account comprising the steps of:
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extracting a caller'"'"'s identification information transmitted in conjunction with an attempted initiation of a telephone call to the user;
storing the caller'"'"'s identification information in said client computer; and
updating the user'"'"'s host-based address book associated with said Internet account based on the caller'"'"'s identification information stored in said client computer.
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5. In an Internet-based telephone system wherein a user may access an Internet account from a client computer connected to the user'"'"'s telephone line, said Internet account being maintained by a host computer, a method for populating a host-based address book associated with said Internet account comprising the steps of:
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alerting said user of a caller'"'"'s identification information transmitted in conjunction with an attempted initiation of a telephone call to the user; and
said user selecting by tactile actuation or voice activation to populate said caller'"'"'s identification information to said host-based address book. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for populating a host-based address book, comprising:
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at least one server computer providing Internet enabled telephone service, said server computer maintaining a host-based address book for each user who has an account registered with said service; and
means for automatically updating said host-based address book whenever a caller calls the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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