Method and device for restricted access contact information datum
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a receiver;
a contact information storage medium for storing a user-accessible contact datum received through the receiver, at least a portion of which is subject to expiration according to an expiration criterion and at least a portion of which is subject to restriction;
an instruction storage medium for storing a deletion instructions module comprising instructions to delete at least a portion of the user-accessible contact datum and for storing a restricted content annunciation instruction module comprising instructions to suppress an annunciation of the portion of the user-accessible contact datum subject to restriction;
a processor, coupled to the instruction storage medium and the contact information storage medium, capable of carrying out the instructions to delete at least a portion of the user-accessible contact datum from the contact information storage medium when the expiration criterion has been met; and
an annunciation device, coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is capable of carrying out instructions to suppress the annunciation by the annunciation device of the portion of the user-accessible contact datum subject to restriction.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an electronic device (202) and method of an electronic device and a method of a network for transmitting, receiving and processing a user-accessible contact information data entry in a contact information storage medium (214). User-accessible contact information data, such as a telephone book entry, is transmitted by a sender'"'"'s device to the mobile communication device (202) with particular restrictions on the entry that trigger a processor (212) to carry out instructions (226, 224, 222) to restrict annunciation, transmission, and/or modification of the telephone book entry and also to trigger instructions (218) to delete all or part of the telephone book entry upon fulfillment of an expiration criterion specified by the sender'"'"'s device.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a receiver;
a contact information storage medium for storing a user-accessible contact datum received through the receiver, at least a portion of which is subject to expiration according to an expiration criterion and at least a portion of which is subject to restriction;
an instruction storage medium for storing a deletion instructions module comprising instructions to delete at least a portion of the user-accessible contact datum and for storing a restricted content annunciation instruction module comprising instructions to suppress an annunciation of the portion of the user-accessible contact datum subject to restriction;
a processor, coupled to the instruction storage medium and the contact information storage medium, capable of carrying out the instructions to delete at least a portion of the user-accessible contact datum from the contact information storage medium when the expiration criterion has been met; and
an annunciation device, coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is capable of carrying out instructions to suppress the annunciation by the annunciation device of the portion of the user-accessible contact datum subject to restriction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for processing a telephone book entry in a mobile communication device having at least one transceiver, the method comprising:
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receiving, via the transceiver, information for the telephone book entry including an expiration criterion, wherein the information for the telephone book entry includes at least one telephone number;
storing the information for the telephone book entry in a memory;
suppressing an annunciation of at least a portion of the telephone number; and
deleting the information of the telephone book entry when the expiration criterion is met. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A network comprising:
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a first mobile communication device including at least one transceiver;
a second mobile communication device including a transceiver capable of communication with the first mobile communication device'"'"'s at least one transceiver;
wherein;
the first mobile communication device is capable of transmitting to the second mobile communication device a user-accessible contact datum that is subject to restriction; and
at least one of the first mobile communication device and the second communication device is capable of transmitting a request to the network to suppress in a communication record the user-accessible contact datum that is subject to restriction. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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