METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPAGATING INFORMATION ACROSS A NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method of propagating information across a network, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a subscriber mobile device coupled to the network, information associated with a subscriber of a service provider, said information being sent in response to a setting change associated with the information;
identifying, from a registry, one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to whom the information should be transmitted over the network, said one or more contacts being included in an address book associated with the subscriber; and
for each identified contact, sending a notice associated with the information to a server node associated with the contact for propagation over the network to a mobile device associated with the contact.
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Abstract
A method of propagating information across a network may include receiving, from a subscriber mobile device coupled to the network, information associated with a subscriber of a service provider. The information may be sent in response to a setting change associated with the information. The method may also include identifying, from a registry, one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to whom the information should be transmitted over the network, where the one or more contacts may be included in an address book associated with the subscriber. For each identified contact, a notice associated with the information may be sent to a server node associated with the contact for propagation over the network to a mobile device associated with the contact.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of propagating information across a network, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a subscriber mobile device coupled to the network, information associated with a subscriber of a service provider, said information being sent in response to a setting change associated with the information; identifying, from a registry, one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to whom the information should be transmitted over the network, said one or more contacts being included in an address book associated with the subscriber; and for each identified contact, sending a notice associated with the information to a server node associated with the contact for propagation over the network to a mobile device associated with the contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for propagating information across a network, the system comprising:
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a subscriber mobile device associated with a subscriber of a service provider coupled to the network, said subscriber mobile device including an. address book, and said address book including contact information associated with one or more contacts of the subscriber; a processor associated with the service provider and coupled to the network; a propagator associated with the processor, said propagator being configured to propagate information associated with the subscriber across the network; a computer-readable storage medium associated with the propagator, adapted for coupling to the network; one or more server nodes, coupled to the network, each of said server nodes being in communication with the propagator, and each of said server nodes operating independently of any other server node; and one or more contact mobile devices coupled to the network, each of said contact mobile devices being associated with the one or more contacts, each of said contact devices being in communication with at least one server node. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of propagating a search across a network, the method comprising:
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receiving a query from a subscriber mobile device; identifying a social network associated with the subscriber, said social network comprising at least a first plurality of contacts that are one degree of separation away from the subscriber and a second set of contacts that are one degree of separation away from the first set of contacts; for one or more contacts in the social network, searching an address book associated with the contact for a match to the query; generating a list of matches; and sending the list of matches to the subscriber mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for propagating a search across a network, the system comprising:
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a subscriber mobile device comprising an address book associated with a subscriber, the address book comprising one or more contacts; a processor in communication with the subscriber mobile device; and a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, wherein the processor-readable storage medium comprises programming instructions for; receiving a query from the subscriber mobile device, searching the subscriber'"'"'s address book for matches to the query, searching an address book associated with each contact in the subscriber'"'"'s address book for matches to the query, generating a list of matches, and sending the list to the subscriber mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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