Digital information retrieval for wireless phones
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1. A method for obtaining digital phone directory information from a wireless phone, said method comprising:
- sending a request by a caller for said digital phone directory information from said wireless phone to a phone directory information service provider, said request including location information related to a location for which said caller is requesting digital phone directory information;
searching a database at said phone directory information service provider to determine one or more records which include at least a portion of said location information provided by said caller; and
sending said one or more records from said phone directory information service provider to said wireless phone in response to said request.
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Abstract
A method and implementing system are provided for enabling a wireless phone to access a remote server service containing digital address and phone number database information in digital form. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is provided with the ability to retrieve and store entries from a cell or other wireless service provider database in a user'"'"'s phone memory based upon GPS information transmitted from the user'"'"'s wireless phone. Digital directory information is transmitted from a remote server database to a requesting caller'"'"'s wireless phone and stored in the caller'"'"'s phone directory.
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1. A method for obtaining digital phone directory information from a wireless phone, said method comprising:
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sending a request by a caller for said digital phone directory information from said wireless phone to a phone directory information service provider, said request including location information related to a location for which said caller is requesting digital phone directory information;
searching a database at said phone directory information service provider to determine one or more records which include at least a portion of said location information provided by said caller; and
sending said one or more records from said phone directory information service provider to said wireless phone in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless phone comprising:
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a main bus;
a processing unit coupled to said main bus;
a memory unit coupled to said main bus;
means for sending a request by a caller for digital phone directory information from said wireless phone to a phone directory information service provider, said request including location information related to a target location for which said caller is requesting digital phone directory information, said phone directory information service provider being enabled for searching a database at said phone directory information service provider to determine one or more records which include at least a portion of said location information provided by said caller, said wireless phone including means for receiving said one or more records from said phone directory information service provider in response to said request, said wireless phone being enabled for storing said one or more records in said memory unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A programmed medium within a wireless phone, said programmed medium being selectively accessible to provide program signals operable for enabling said wireless phone to obtain digital phone directory information from a phone directory information service provider, said program signals being further operable for:
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sending a request by a caller for said digital phone directory information from said wireless phone to a phone directory information service provider, said request including location information related to a location for which said caller is requesting digital phone directory information;
searching a database at said phone directory information service provider to determine one or more records which include at least a portion of said location information provided by said caller; and
sending said one or more records from said phone directory information service provider to said wireless phone in response to said request.
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