Method of Distributing Contact and Calendar Records
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1. A method of distributing contact or calendar information in a multi-user environment, the method comprising:
- (a) maintaining records corresponding to a plurality of users, wherein at least one of the users has at least one contact or calendar authorization;
(b) maintaining a plurality of contact or calendar records, each of the records containing a plurality of fields and a plurality of directives, wherein the directives include information pertaining to the user authorizations;
(c) for each contact or calendar record, designating at least one component corresponding to the at least one user to which the record is to be distributed, wherein the designation is based on the directives corresponding to the respective record; and
(d) automatically distributing one or more of the fields of the record to the at least one component corresponding to that record based on the designation of step (c).
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Abstract
A method of distributing contact and calendar records in a multi-user environment includes maintaining a plurality of records with a plurality of fields and directives corresponding to a plurality of users. At least one user has at least one authorization. For each record, a designation is made, based on the directives, to determine which of a plurality of component devices the record is distributed to. The records and fields are distributed to the component devices.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of distributing contact or calendar information in a multi-user environment, the method comprising:
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(a) maintaining records corresponding to a plurality of users, wherein at least one of the users has at least one contact or calendar authorization; (b) maintaining a plurality of contact or calendar records, each of the records containing a plurality of fields and a plurality of directives, wherein the directives include information pertaining to the user authorizations; (c) for each contact or calendar record, designating at least one component corresponding to the at least one user to which the record is to be distributed, wherein the designation is based on the directives corresponding to the respective record; and (d) automatically distributing one or more of the fields of the record to the at least one component corresponding to that record based on the designation of step (c). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A contact or calendar information distribution system comprising:
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a storage device containing a plurality of contact or calendar records, each of the contact or calendar records containing a plurality of fields and a plurality of directives, wherein the directives include information regarding to which user'"'"'s devices the record is to be distributed; a communication system for transmitting at least one of the plurality of records based on the directives; and at least one device for receiving the at least one of the plurality of records, wherein the device is associated with a user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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