SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING AND MAINTAINING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS STORED IN A PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER APPLICATION OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of associating a plurality of contacts stored in a personal information manager application of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of contacts having a contact record including at least one contact record field, the method comprising:
- associating the plurality of contacts based on a common contact record field to form a linked contact group; and
upon modification of the common contact record field in one of the plurality of contacts in the linked contact group, updating the common contact record field in all other contacts in the linked contact group.
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Abstract
A method of associating and maintaining a plurality of contacts stored in a personal information manager application of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of contacts having a contact record including at least one contact record field. The method comprising associating the plurality of contacts based on a common contact record field to form a linked contact group; and upon modification of the common contact record field in one of the plurality of contacts in the linked contact group, automatically updating the common contact record field in all other contacts in the linked contact group.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of associating a plurality of contacts stored in a personal information manager application of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of contacts having a contact record including at least one contact record field, the method comprising:
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associating the plurality of contacts based on a common contact record field to form a linked contact group; and upon modification of the common contact record field in one of the plurality of contacts in the linked contact group, updating the common contact record field in all other contacts in the linked contact group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display; a memory; and a processor operably connected to the display, and the memory unit to execute a program stored in the memory unit to associate a plurality of contacts stored in a personal information manager application of the portable electronic device, each of the plurality of contacts having a contact record including at least one contact record field, the processor causing the portable electronic device to; associate the plurality of contacts based on a common contact record field to form a linked contact group; and upon modification of the common contact record field in one of the plurality of contacts in the linked contact group, update the common contact record field in all other contacts in the linked contact group. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible computer program product comprising non-transient computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein executable by a processor of a portable electronic device to associate a plurality of contacts stored in a personal information manager application of the portable electronic device, each of the plurality of contacts having a contact record including at least one contact record field, the processor causing the portable electronic device to:
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associate the plurality of contacts based on a common contact record field to form a linked contact group; and upon modification of the common contact record field in one of the plurality of contacts in the linked contact group, update the common contact record field in all other contacts in the linked contact group.
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