SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CONTACT ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a contact entry associated with an electronic communication, the method comprising:
- searching an address book for first and second contact entries, the address book having at least two contact entries, each contact entry storing a contact name identifier and one or more contact communication identifiers, each of the first and second contact entries having a contact communication identifier matching a communication identifier associated with an electronic communication and at least one of the first and second contact entries having at least two contact communication identifiers;
in response to finding the first and second contact entries, comparing an additional contact communication identifier in one or both of the first and second contact entries with a subscriber identifier associated with a communications device;
in response to a match of the additional contact communication identifier in one of the first and second contact entries to the subscriber identifier, identifying the non-matching contact entry as the contact entry associated with the electronic communication; and
announcing the contact entry associated with the electronic communication.
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Abstract
A method is provided on an electronic communications device having a subscriber identifier, the method for identifying a contact entry associated with an electronic communication specified by a communication identifier. The method comprises searching an address book associated with the device; in response to finding a first and a second contact entry each having a respective first contact communication identifier matching the communication identifier, comparing a second contact communication identifier with the subscriber identifier; and identifying the second contact entry associated with the electronic communication if the second contact communication identifier in the first contact entry matches the subscriber identifier.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying a contact entry associated with an electronic communication, the method comprising:
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searching an address book for first and second contact entries, the address book having at least two contact entries, each contact entry storing a contact name identifier and one or more contact communication identifiers, each of the first and second contact entries having a contact communication identifier matching a communication identifier associated with an electronic communication and at least one of the first and second contact entries having at least two contact communication identifiers; in response to finding the first and second contact entries, comparing an additional contact communication identifier in one or both of the first and second contact entries with a subscriber identifier associated with a communications device; in response to a match of the additional contact communication identifier in one of the first and second contact entries to the subscriber identifier, identifying the non-matching contact entry as the contact entry associated with the electronic communication; and announcing the contact entry associated with the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed, direct a communications device to:
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search an address book for first and second contact entries, the address book having at least two contact entries, each contact entry storing a contact name identifier and one or more contact communication identifiers, each of the first and second contact entries having a contact communication identifier matching a communication identifier associated with an electronic communication and at least one of the first and second contact entries having at least two contact communication identifiers; in response to finding the first and second contact entries, compare an additional contact communication identifier in one or both of the first and second contact entries with a subscriber identifier associated with the communications device; in response to a match of the additional contact communication identifier in one of the first and second contact entries to the subscriber identifier, identify the non-matching contact entry as the contact entry associated with the electronic communication; and announce the contact entry associated with the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic communications device, comprising:
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a processor; a memory connected to the processor; and computer-readable instructions, stored in the memory and executable on the processor, for an identification software module, the identification module operable for; searching an address book for first and second contact entries, the address book having at least two contact entries, each contact entry storing a contact name identifier and one or more contact communication identifiers, each of the first and second contact entries having a contact communication identifier matching a communication identifier associated with an electronic communication and at least one of the first and second contact entries having at least two contact communication identifiers; in response to finding the first and second contact entries, comparing an additional contact communication identifier in one or both of the first and second contact entries with a subscriber identifier associated with the electronic communications device; in response to a match of the additional contact communication identifier in one of the first and second contact entries to the subscriber identifier, identifying the non-matching contact entry as the contact entry associated with the electronic communication; and announcing the contact entry associated with the electronic communication. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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