CONTACT MANAGER METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20110196953A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Techstone Soft Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Techstone Soft Incorporated
• Inventors: Samaha, Tareq A.
• Application Number:
  US13/025,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00

Abstract

Described therein is a centralized method and system to manage contact lists among multiple mobile telephonic devices. A contact manager system resides on at least one server which is connected to a global communication network. The at least one server may communicate with a plurality of global communication network connectable mobile telephonic devices. A file repository is located at the at least one server and is used to maintain contact lists on the mobile telephonic devices. Operations which may be initiated on the contact lists include but are not limited to creation, merging, transferring, encrypting, migrating, importing, modifying. When these operations are completed, the corresponding changes are disseminated to the appropriate mobile telephonic devices.

Claims

1. A contact manager system comprising:

a global communication network connectable server; and

a plurality of global communication network connectable mobile communication devices;

wherein

the server manages contact lists associated with the communication devices.

2. The contact manager system of claim 1 wherein the server manages contact lists includes merging contact lists.

3. The contact manager system of claim 1 wherein the server manages contact lists includes transferring contact lists.

4. The contact manager system of claim 1 wherein the server manages contact lists includes managing encrypted contact lists.

5. The contact manager system of claim 1 wherein the server manages contact lists includes migrating contact lists.

6. The contact manager system of claim 1 wherein the server manages contact lists includes importing contact lists.

7. The contact manager system of claim 1 further including e-mail notifications.

8. The contact manager system of claim 1 further including closed loop authentication.