Telephone Handset Contact List Synchronization
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1. A method, comprising:
- selecting, by a first telephone handset, a second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner;
wherein the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset comprise contact information organized in a database;
establishing a telephone call between the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset;
receiving, by the first telephone handset, contact update information from the second telephone handset in a first protocol; and
synchronizing, by the first telephone handset, the contact update information with the contact information of the first telephone handset.
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A method comprises a first telephone handset selecting a second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner. The first telephone handset and the second telephone handset comprise contact information organized in a database. The first telephone handset establishes a telephone call between the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset. The first telephone handset receives contact update information from the second telephone handset in a first protocol. The first telephone handset synchronizes the contact update information with the contact information of the first telephone handset.
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1. A method, comprising:
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selecting, by a first telephone handset, a second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner; wherein the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset comprise contact information organized in a database; establishing a telephone call between the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset; receiving, by the first telephone handset, contact update information from the second telephone handset in a first protocol; and synchronizing, by the first telephone handset, the contact update information with the contact information of the first telephone handset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for telephone contact information synchronization, the computer program product stored on a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to select, by a first telephone handset, a second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner; wherein the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset comprise contact information organized in a database; computer usable program code configured to establish a telephone call between the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset; computer usable program code configured to receive, by the first telephone handset, contact update information from the second telephone handset in a first protocol; and computer usable program code configured to synchronize, by the first telephone handset, the contact update information with the contact information of the first telephone handset. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a first telephone handset comprising a first telephone interface, a first contact database, and a first modem interface; the telephone interface configured to establish a telephone call between the first telephone handset and a second telephone handset; the second telephone handset comprising a second telephone interface, a second contact database, and a second modem interface; wherein the first telephone handset designates the second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner; wherein the second telephone handset is further configured to transmit contact update information based on the second contact database, to the first telephone handset, in a first protocol; and wherein the first telephone handset is further configured to synchronize the contact update information with the first contact database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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