Method and system for synchronization of mobile phones

• US 20080009277A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian Bidwell
• Original Assignee: Brian Bidwell
• Inventors: Bidwell, Brian
• Application Number:
  US11/482,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20080009277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

The invention is a method and system for the synchronization of calendar entries that includes calendar entries stored on POMP. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in a computer program running on a computing device, detecting a communication connection between the computing device and a plain old mobile phone (POMP);

the first computing device having a first contact-calendar program thereon, the first contact-calendar program having at least a first data store that stores contact-calendar data;

the POMP having a second contact-calendar program thereon, the second contact-calendar program having a second data store, the second data store having at least a first data entry therein;

the first data entry corresponding to a computing device data entry in the first data store;

retrieving from the POMP data entries comprising at least the first data entry;

inspecting the first data entry for a synchronization indicator; and

identifying the first data entry for an action based on the presence or absence of the synchronization indicator.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining the first data entry as an entry to delete when the method locates the synchronization indicator in the second data entry, and the first data store does not have a data associated with the second data entry.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining a second data entry in the first data store as an entry to add when there is no data entry in the second data store associated with the second data entry.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining the first data entry as an entry to update when it is present in the first data store and present in the second data store, but there is no synchronization indicator.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein retrieving retrieves all data entries associated with the second contact-calendar program.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the synchronization indicator comprises the characters:

[B].