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Method and Apparatus for Virtualizing an Address Book for Access via, and Display on, a Handheld Device

  • US 20080049919A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 02/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for storing and accessing an address book, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a network based service for storing an address book;

    storing at least one address book on said service;

    virtualizing said address book for access in a broadband enabled telephone system via a user device having limited memory capacity;

    wherein said address book can be located on the network and is fetched by the broadband enabled telephone system in whole or in part as needed;

    preferably only synchronizing a portion of said address book with said broadband enabled telephone system;

    moving the entire address book to the broadband enabled telephone system if the address book is small; and

    moving only selected portions of the address book to the broadband enabled telephone system in response to user navigation within the user device if the address book is large;

    rendering portions of said address book for display on said user device depending upon user selection and address book size;

    wherein one or more address books, each having a virtually unlimited size, is accessible via said user device.

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