MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20090227246A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: iSkoot Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, Isaac David, Guedalia, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 9,002,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

A system of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a communication device user may include a first processing device associated with a first service provider, a first computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first processing device and a second processing device associated with a second service provider and in communication with the first processing device. The first computer-readable storage medium may include instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier corresponding to a mobile device associated with a user of a second service provider, sending a message having an authorization code to the mobile device associated with the user, and receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code, receiving contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user, updating the received contact information and updating contact information associated with the user in one or more second address books.

Claims

1. A system of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a communication device user, the system comprising:

a first processing device associated with a first service provider;

a first computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first processing device; and

a second processing device in communication with the first processing device,

wherein the first computer-readable storage medium comprises;

programming instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier corresponding to a mobile device associated with a user of a second service provider;

programming instructions for sending a message to the mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

programming instructions for receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

programming instructions for receiving contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user;

programming instructions for updating the received contact information, and

programming instructions for updating contact information associated with the user in one or more second address books, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier comprises programming instructions for receiving, from a client processing device associated with the user, the mobile device identifier, wherein the mobile device identifier comprises a mobile station international subscriber directory number and a country code.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving the mobile device number comprises receiving, from client processing device, the mobile device identifier.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for sending a message to the mobile device associated with the user comprises sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message; and

a multimedia message service message.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for updating the received contact information comprises:

programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

programming instructions for sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers and destination names to the mobile device associated with the user.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for updating contact information of one or more second address books comprises:

programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number associated with the user to one or more of the contacts; and

programming instructions for sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers to the second processing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for updating contact information associated with the user comprises:

programming instructions for receiving, from a client processing device associated with the user, a selection of which contacts of the user'"'"'s address book are to receive the user'"'"'s contact information; and

programming instructions for sending a message to a mobile device associated with the selected contacts, wherein the message informs the contact of the user'"'"'s contact information, wherein the contact information associated with the user comprises one or more of a destination name, a telephone number, a personal computer number and a direct inward dialing number.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a second computer-readable storage medium in communication with the second processing device, wherein the second computer-readable storage medium is configured to store a network address book for subscribers of a second service provider.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more programming instructions for processing a call between the user and a contact.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more programming instructions for processing a call comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a call to a callee, wherein the callee is a contact in the address book associated with the user, wherein the call comprises a direct inward dialing number associated with the callee;

identifying a telephone number associated with the callee based on the direct inward dialing number;

connecting a call between the mobile device associated with the user and a communication device associated with the identified telephone number.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving a call comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a selection of the callee, wherein the callee is selected using one or more of the following;

the address book associated with the user;

a call log; and

a favorites list.

21. The method of claim 7, wherein assigning a direct inward dialing number comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by the second service provider.

14. A method of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a communication device user, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device associated with a first service provider, a mobile device identifier corresponding to a mobile device associated with a user of a second service provider;

sending a message to the mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

receiving contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user;

updating the received contact information; and

updating contact information associated with the user in one or more second address books, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving a mobile device identifier comprises receiving the mobile device identifier from a client processing device associated with the user, wherein the mobile device identifier comprises a mobile station international subscriber directory number and a country code.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein receiving the mobile device number comprises receiving the mobile device identifier from the client processing device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein sending a message to the mobile device associated with the user comprises sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message; and

a multimedia message service message.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein updating the received contact information comprises:

assigning a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers and destination names to the mobile device associated with the user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein assigning a direct inward dialing number comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by the second service provider.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein updating contact information of one or more second address books comprises:

assigning a direct inward dialing number associated with the user to one or more of the contacts; and

sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers to the second processing device.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein updating contact information associated with the user comprises:

receiving, from a client processing device associated with the user, a selection of which contacts of the user'"'"'s address book are to receive the user'"'"'s contact information; and

sending a message to a mobile device associated with the selected contacts, wherein the message informs the contact of the user'"'"'s contact information, wherein the contact information associated with the user comprises one or more of a destination name, a telephone number, a personal computer number and a direct inward dialing number.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein processing a call comprises:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a call to a callee, wherein the callee is a contact in the address book associated with the user, wherein the call comprises a direct inward dialing number associated with the callee;

identifying a telephone number associated with the callee based on the direct inward dialing number;

connecting a call between the mobile device associated with the user and a communication device associated with the identified telephone number.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein receiving a call comprises:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a selection of the callee, wherein the callee is selected using one or more of the following;

the address book associated with the user;

a call log; and

a favorites list.