TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC CONTACT INFORMATION

• US 20090222838A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ho, Junius
• Application Number:
  US12/040,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20090222838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/314
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Techniques involving contact information are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include a contact entry generation module and an entry updating module. The contact entry generation module creates a contact entry having a location-specific information field. The entry updating module obtains an update for the location-specific information field from a remote device. This update corresponds to a current location.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a contact entry generation module to create a contact entry, the contact entry comprising a location-specific information field; and

an entry updating module to obtain an update for the location-specific information field from a remote device;

wherein the update to the location-specific information field corresponds to a current location.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the entry updating module is to obtain the update to the location-specific information field upon the occurrence of an updating condition.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the updating condition includes a location change greater than a predetermined threshold.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the updating condition includes a passage of a predetermined time interval since creation of the contact entry.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the updating condition includes a passage of a predetermined time interval since receiving a previous update of the location-specific information field.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the entry updating module is to generate a request message upon the occurrence of the updating condition, and wherein the update to the location-specific information field is received in response to the request message.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a communications interface module;

wherein the communications interface module is to send the request message across one or more communications networks and receive an update message in response to the request message; and

wherein the update message includes the update to the location-specific information field is received in response to the request message.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the request message includes the current location.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the request message includes an identifier of the location-specific field.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contact entry further comprises an indicator of a remote resource to provide the update for the location-specific information field.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a storage medium to store the contact entry.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a location determination module to determine the current location.

13. A method, comprising:

creating a contact entry, the contact entry comprising a location-specific information field; and

obtaining an update for the location-specific field when an updating condition has occurred, the update from a remote device;

wherein the update to the location-specific information field corresponds to a current location.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the updating condition includes a location change greater than a predetermined threshold.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the updating condition includes a passage of a predetermined time interval since creation of the contact entry.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the updating condition includes a passage of a predetermined time interval since receiving a previous update of the location-specific information field.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

storing the contact entry in a storage medium.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining the current location.

19. A system, comprising:

a server; and

a device having a contact entry generation and an entry updating module;

wherein the contact entry generation module is to create a contact entry, the contact entry comprising a location-specific information field;

wherein the entry updating module is to obtain an update to the location-specific information field upon an occurrence of an updating condition, the update from a remote device; and

wherein the update to the location-specific information field corresponds to a current location.

an event management module and a communications interface module;

wherein the event management module is to create an event object corresponding to an event, the event object comprising a desired status information indicator; and

wherein the communications interface module is to receive desired status information from the server, the desired status information based on the desired status information indicator.

20. An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

create a contact entry, the contact entry comprising a location-specific information field; and

obtain an update for the location-specific field when an updating condition has occurred, the update from a remote device;

wherein the update to the location-specific information field corresponds to a current location.