ENHANCED NATIVE CONTACT BOOK APPLICATION

• US 20080301718A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing SAS (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Andreasson, Mans Folke Markus, Backlund, Erik Johan Vendel
• Granted Patent: US 7,984,455 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips

Abstract

An electronic device that includes a native contact book application, at least one Java application for providing one or more functions relating to information included in the native contact book application, and a content handler serving as an interface between operations of the native contact book application and operations of the at least one Java application.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a native contact book application;

at least one Java application for providing one or more functions relating to information included in the native contact book application; and

a content handler serving as an interface between operations of the native contact book application and operations of the at least one Java application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the content handler is a JSR-211 content handler.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one Java application provides additional user interface information relating to corresponding contacts included in the native contact book application to the native contact book application via the content handler.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the additional user interface information comprises presence information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one Java application provides at least one command relating to contact information included in the native contact book application to the native contact book application via the content handler.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the at least one command calls a function carried out by the at least one Java application.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one command serves to initiate a chat session with a contact identified in the native contact book application.