Mutual Contacts Discovery
First Claim
1. A method of operating a computing device which enables the communication of information between the device and a further computing device, each having a communications capability, the method comprising causing the device to request information regarding contact entries in a contact store accessible by the further device, comparing contact entries of a first contact store accessible by the device with contact entries made available to the device from the contact store accessible by the further device, and notifying at least one of the devices of contacts determined to be common to the first and further contact stores.
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Abstract
A first computing device in the form of a mobile phone is used to initiate a comparison of the entries stored in a contacts store associated with the first device with the entries stored in a contacts store associated with a second device. Mutual contacts are then advised to the second device. Digests of the contacts stores entries may be used to make the comparison. Communication may be directly between the devices, such as by using Bluetooth, or may be via a network operator. The respective contacts stores may be held on the devices or by the network operator. The network operator may be used to make the comparison of store entries.
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23 Claims
- 1. A method of operating a computing device which enables the communication of information between the device and a further computing device, each having a communications capability, the method comprising causing the device to request information regarding contact entries in a contact store accessible by the further device, comparing contact entries of a first contact store accessible by the device with contact entries made available to the device from the contact store accessible by the further device, and notifying at least one of the devices of contacts determined to be common to the first and further contact stores.
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