Populating and Managing (PAM) Contact Information In The Network Address Book (NAB)

• US 20090216725A1
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telcordia Legacy Inc.
• Original Assignee: Telcordia Technologies Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson), Toshiba America Electronic Components Incorporated (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yaqub, Raziq
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

This paper proposes a new method and architecture for populating, updating and managing the NAB. It also proposes user'"'"'s Contact Information Discovery (CID). In context of populating the NAB; since the NAB of each individual subscriber will be stored in the network in future, the paper proposes CI to flow from one NAB to another NAB within the core network, instead of CI flowing from Device to Network. Thus with the user authorization, his CI would shoot from one NAB to another NAB within the core network instead of from LAB to NAB through air interface. It would reduce huge amount of data traffic on the air that otherwise would be generated in updating and populating the NAB by all the NAB users. In context of CID, the paper proposes a query-response mechanism and introduces a NAB Manager. The new architecture will provide several benefits for example it will eliminate the need of “Number Portability,” “United States National Do Not Call Registry” and “411 Directory Assistance.”

Claims

1. A system for management of a network address book, comprising:

a network address book (NAB) manager configured to manage network storage of content information of a plurality of users;

said NAB manager configured to populate contact information from a user device;

said NAB manager being configured to manage the receipt of information from a user related to sharing of at least some of said information with at least one other user; and

said NAB manager being configured to provide said at least some of said information for said at least one other user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager transmits said information to another NAB manager associated with said other user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager transmits said information to said other user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager operates as an Intra-NAB Manger as is responsible for the management of NABs within one operator'"'"'s network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager operate as an Inter-NAB Manger and is configured to communicate with NABs across different operator'"'"'s network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager is adapted to accommodate policies for verification of service access privileges.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager is adapted to accommodate policies for verification of end-user preference.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager is adapted to accommodate policies for verification of personalization.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said NAB manager is configured to receive user Contact Information Discovery queries from individuals and to transmit said information based on user authorization.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein in response to such queries Contact Information is transmitted from one NAB to another NAB.

18. The method of claim 1, further including said NAB manager accommodating policies for verification of personalization.

19. The method of claim 1, further including said NAB manager receiving user Contact Information Discovery queries from individuals and transmitting said information based on user authorization.

20. The method of claim 19, further including in response to such queries transmitting Contact Information from one NAB to another NAB.

11. A method for management of a network address book, comprising:

a network address book (NAB) manager managing network storage of content information in a plurality of network address books of a plurality of users;

each said NAB having populated contact information from at least one user device;

said NAB manager managing the receipt of information from a user related to sharing of at least some of said information with at least one other user; and

said NAB manager providing at least some of said information for said at least one other user.

12. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB manager transmitting said information to another NAB manager associated with said other user.

13. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB manager transmitting said information to said other user.

14. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB Manager operating as an Intra-NAB Manger as is responsible for the management of NABs within one operator'"'"'s network.

15. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB Manager operating as an Inter-NAB Manger and communicating with NABs across different operator'"'"'s network.

16. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB manager accommodating policies for verification of service access privileges.

17. The method of claim 11, further including said NAB manager accommodating policies for verification of end-user preference.