CONTACT LIST DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a network interface;
a network login engine coupled to the network interface;
a network contacts database embodied in one or more computer-readable mediums;
a web server coupled to the network contacts database;
a contact aggregation engine coupled to the network login engine and the network contacts database;
wherein, in operation, the contact aggregation engine controls the network login engine to login or facilitate login to one or more networks, updates in the networks contacts database contact information associated with the one or more networks, stores the aggregated contact list in a computer-readable medium at the web server, and provides an aggregated contact list including the contact information to a display device.
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Abstract
A technique for contact list aggregation across networks involves logging into low level networks through a high level network. A system constructed according to the technique may include a network interface coupled to the different low level networks. The system may further include a contact aggregation engine coupled to the network interface and a network contacts database. In operation the system logs into one or more of the low level networks (or facilitates login for a user). To the extent that the data in the network contacts database is not current, the contact aggregation engine updates the networks contacts database contact information, then provides an aggregated contact list including the contact information to a display device. A method according to the technique may include logging into a high level network and displaying contacts from the one or more low level networks in an aggregated contact list. The method may further include logging into the one or more low level networks.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a network interface; a network login engine coupled to the network interface; a network contacts database embodied in one or more computer-readable mediums; a web server coupled to the network contacts database; a contact aggregation engine coupled to the network login engine and the network contacts database; wherein, in operation, the contact aggregation engine controls the network login engine to login or facilitate login to one or more networks, updates in the networks contacts database contact information associated with the one or more networks, stores the aggregated contact list in a computer-readable medium at the web server, and provides an aggregated contact list including the contact information to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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joining a high level network; joining one or more low level networks; maintaining a contact list associated with the one or more low level networks; logging into the high level network; displaying contacts from the one or more low level networks in an aggregated contact list. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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logging into a high level network; logging into a low level network; displaying an aggregated contact list that includes contacts associated with the low level network through the high level network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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