System and method for requesting, retrieving and/or associating contact images on a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method for retrieving contact images for a user of a first mobile device having contact entries stored in an internal contacts database, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting user input on the first mobile device wherein the user input identifies a first contact entry of the contact entries;
determining if a photo database accessible to the first mobile device and remotely located relative to the first mobile device provides a first contact image corresponding to the first contact entry wherein the first mobile device determines if the photo database provides the first contact image;
receiving the first image on the first mobile device from the photo database if the photo database provides the first contact image;
associating the first contact image with the first contact entry in the internal contacts database if the first contact image is received from the photo database wherein the first mobile device automatically associates the first contact image with the first contact entry without input from the user directing the first mobile device to associate the first contact image with the first contact entry; and
transmitting a first request message from the first mobile device to a second mobile device if the photo database'"'"'does not provide the first contact image wherein the second mobile device is associated with the first contact entry.
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Abstract
A system and a method request, retrieve and/or associate contact images on a mobile device. An image retrieval application executed by a first mobile device may enable a first user to request images corresponding to one or more contact entries stored by a contact database of the first mobile device and/or associated with second users. The image retrieval application may query one or more image databases accessible to the first mobile device to obtain a first image and/or to associate the first image with a corresponding contact entry in the contact database of the first mobile device. If the image databases do not provide the first image requested by the image retrieval application, the image retrieval application may create and/or may send a request message to the second user, such as, for example, by sending the request message to a second mobile device associated with the second user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for retrieving contact images for a user of a first mobile device having contact entries stored in an internal contacts database, the method comprising the steps of:
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accepting user input on the first mobile device wherein the user input identifies a first contact entry of the contact entries; determining if a photo database accessible to the first mobile device and remotely located relative to the first mobile device provides a first contact image corresponding to the first contact entry wherein the first mobile device determines if the photo database provides the first contact image; receiving the first image on the first mobile device from the photo database if the photo database provides the first contact image; associating the first contact image with the first contact entry in the internal contacts database if the first contact image is received from the photo database wherein the first mobile device automatically associates the first contact image with the first contact entry without input from the user directing the first mobile device to associate the first contact image with the first contact entry; and transmitting a first request message from the first mobile device to a second mobile device if the photo database'"'"'does not provide the first contact image wherein the second mobile device is associated with the first contact entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for exchanging contact images, the system comprising:
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a mobile device having contact entries stored in a contacts database of the mobile device wherein each of the contact entries is associated with a remote contact; an application executed by the mobile device; and a first request message from a first sender received by the mobile device wherein the application determines if the first sender corresponds to one of the contact entries and further wherein the application determines if the first request message provides a first contact image wherein the application automatically stores the first contact image in the mobile device in association with the one of the contact entries if the first sender corresponds to the one of the contact entries and the first request message provides the first contact image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for retrieving contact images for a user of a first mobile device having a contact entry stored in a contacts database, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a request message wherein the first mobile device generates the request message based on the contact entry; transmitting the request message from the first mobile device to a first electronic address associated with a second mobile device corresponding to the contact entry; and determining if incoming messages received by the first mobile device correspond to the request message wherein the first mobile device determines if a first incoming message provides a first contact image if the first incoming message corresponds to the request message and further wherein the first mobile device automatically stores the first contact image in association with the contact entry if the first incoming message corresponds to the request message and provides the first contact image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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