Automatic Population of a Contact File with Contact Content and Expression Content
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1. A method comprising:
- maintaining a contact file on a device, the contact file storing contact information for a contact;
receiving at the device an identifier associated with the contact;
determining whether the received identifier is associated with the contact information for the contact stored in the contact file;
in response to the received identifier for the contact not being associated with the contact information for the contact stored in the contact file, transmitting a request to a social networking system for current contact information for a user of the social networking system using the received identifier not associated with the contact information in the contact file;
receiving the requested current contact information for the user from the social networking system; and
storing the current contact information for the user in the contact file on the device.
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Abstract
A contact file is automatically populated with contact content and expression content. An identifier for a contact is received on a device. The identifier is not recognized as associated with the contact in the contact file, but is used to query a social networking system. Contact content received from the social networking system automatically updates the contact file on the device. As a result, the need to manually populate contact files by using a keyboard or similar data entry device is avoided.
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining a contact file on a device, the contact file storing contact information for a contact; receiving at the device an identifier associated with the contact; determining whether the received identifier is associated with the contact information for the contact stored in the contact file; in response to the received identifier for the contact not being associated with the contact information for the contact stored in the contact file, transmitting a request to a social networking system for current contact information for a user of the social networking system using the received identifier not associated with the contact information in the contact file; receiving the requested current contact information for the user from the social networking system; and storing the current contact information for the user in the contact file on the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for automatically populating a contact file, the apparatus comprising:
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a device configured to receive an identifier associated with a contact and to display contact information for the contact, the device comprising; a contact file configured for storing the contact information for the contact; and a contact content request module configured to request from a social networking system current contact information for the received identifier, wherein the received identifier is not associated with the stored contact information for the contact in the contact file; and wherein the device is configured to automatically receive the current contact information and the contact file is further configured for storing the current contact information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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