Method and Apparatus for Providing a Search Tool in Connection with Address Management

• US 20110208772A1
• Filed: 02/21/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: MOSTAFA, Miraj, NGUYENPHU, Thinh
• Granted Patent: US 9,824,163 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method for providing a search tool for use in connection with address book management may include receiving an indication of an address book update event associated with a contact of an address book of a user, causing performance, via a processor, of a search responsive to receipt of the indication, and enabling modification of contact information associated with the contact based on the search results. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of an address book update event associated with a contact of an address book of a user;

causing performance, via a processor, of a search responsive to receipt of the indication; and

enabling modification of contact information associated with the contact based on the search results.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing for presentation of the search results to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling modification of the contact information comprises modifying the contact information based on a user selection of at least a portion of the search results.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling modification of the contact information comprises modifying the contact information automatically based on predefined user reliability criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of the address book update event comprises receiving an indication of an enhancing update.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the search comprises performing a search based on existing contact information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the search comprises performing the search for a globally unique identifier associated with a network-based address book (NAB) or a Converged Address Book (CAB) and informing the user as to whether a contact is a user of the NAB or the CAB.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing the globally unique identifier of the contact as a search result and notifying the user if the contact had not previously been associated with the globally unique identifier.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving predefined criteria and conditions for a regular search defined by the user or a service provider.

10. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive an indication of an address book update event associated with a contact of an address book of a user;

cause performance of a search responsive to receipt of the indication; and

enable modification of contact information associated with the contact based on the search results.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for presentation of the search results to the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable modification of the contact information by modifying the contact information based on a user selection of at least a portion of the search results.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable modification of the contact information by modifying the contact information automatically based on predefined user reliability criteria.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive an indication of the address book update event by receiving an indication of an enhancing update.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the search by performing a search based on existing contact information.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the search by performing the search for a globally unique identifier associated with a network-based address book (NAB) or a Converged Address Book (CAB) and informing the user as to whether a contact is a user of the NAB or the CAB.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to store the globally unique identifier of the contact as a search result and notify the user if the contact had not previously been associated with the globally unique identifier.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive predefined criteria and conditions for a regular search defined by the user or a service provider.

19. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

receive an indication of an address book update event associated with a contact of an address book of a user;

cause performance of a search responsive to receipt of the indication; and

enable modification of contact information associated with the contact based on the search results.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the program code instructions for enabling modification of the contact information include instructions for modifying the contact information based on a user selection of at least a portion of the search results or modifying the contact information automatically based on predefined user reliability criteria.