AUTOMATIC USER PROFILE EXCHANGE DEVICE AND METHOD
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1. A method of exchanging a user profile comprising:
- automatically sending a background communication from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, wherein the background communication includes a request for a user profile stored on the second mobile device;
receiving a background communication from the second mobile device that includes the requested user profile; and
synchronizing the user profile received from the second mobile device with a profile list on the first mobile device.
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Abstract
A device and method of exchanging user profile information by sending and receiving background communications with another device. The background communications include a command to send a background communication embedded with an updated user profile to the requesting device. The embedded user profile is received by the requesting device and synchronized with a profile list to automatically update the user profile on the requesting device.
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1. A method of exchanging a user profile comprising:
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automatically sending a background communication from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, wherein the background communication includes a request for a user profile stored on the second mobile device; receiving a background communication from the second mobile device that includes the requested user profile; and synchronizing the user profile received from the second mobile device with a profile list on the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of exchanging a user profile comprising:
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receiving a first background communication with a first mobile device, wherein the background communication includes a request to send a user profile to a second mobile device; embedding the user profile into a second background communication; sending the second background communication to the second mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a profile list; and a profile exchange section, wherein the profile list is accessible by the profile exchange section and the profile exchange section includes; (i) a sending section operable to automatically send a first background communication to a another mobile device wherein the background communication that includes a command to send a user profile to the mobile device; (ii) a receiving section operable to receive a message in response to the background communication, wherein the message includes an embedded user profile; and (iii) a synchronizing section operable to synchronize the embedded user profile with the profile list. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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