Automatic Population of a Contact File With Contact Content and Expression Content
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1. A method comprising:
- transmitting from a mobile communication device to a social networking system a request for an image associated with a user account for a user of the social networking system, the request comprising an identifier for the user of the social networking system;
receiving at the device the requested image;
storing the received image at the mobile communication device in association with a contact file for the user; and
in response to receiving a call from the user at the mobile communication device, automatically displaying the image associated with the user'"'"'s contact file on a display of the mobile communication device.
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Abstract
A system and method automatically populate a contact file on a device with contact content and expression content. An image or other content associated with a user automatically populates into the contact file from a web-based social network. When the image on the web-based social network database changes, the contact file on the device is automatically updated. As a result, the need to manually populate contact files by using a keyboard or similar data entry device is avoided. The device also may receiving an identifier in the form of caller identification or caller ID from a second device, which may be used to trigger the display of the image from the contact file.
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting from a mobile communication device to a social networking system a request for an image associated with a user account for a user of the social networking system, the request comprising an identifier for the user of the social networking system; receiving at the device the requested image; storing the received image at the mobile communication device in association with a contact file for the user; and in response to receiving a call from the user at the mobile communication device, automatically displaying the image associated with the user'"'"'s contact file on a display of the mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method performed on a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving at the mobile communication device an updated image associated with a user'"'"'s account in the social networking system; storing the received image in the mobile communication device in association with a contact file for the user; and in response to receiving a call from the user on the mobile communication device, automatically displaying the image associated with the user'"'"'s contact file on a display of the mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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