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1. A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first telecommunications terminal, a first query comprising a first request for contact information;
receiving, at a first data-processing system, the first query; and
transmitting, from the first data-processing system to the first telecommunications terminal, a response to the first query comprising;
(i) contact information received from the first telecommunications terminal, and(ii) contact information from the first data-processing system.
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Abstract
A method that allows users of telecommunications terminals to have relevant contact information presented to them without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a telecommunications terminal sends a query to a data-processing system requesting contact information, and that data-processing system aggregates contact information from itself and other sources. It then sorts that contact information and sends the sorted contact information back to the telecommunications terminal.
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first telecommunications terminal, a first query comprising a first request for contact information; receiving, at a first data-processing system, the first query; and transmitting, from the first data-processing system to the first telecommunications terminal, a response to the first query comprising; (i) contact information received from the first telecommunications terminal, and (ii) contact information from the first data-processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first data-processing system, a first query; and transmitting, from the first data-processing system to a first telecommunications terminal, a response to the first query, wherein the response to the first query is based on contact information from the first data-processing system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first data-processing system, a first query comprising a first request for contact information; receiving, at a second data-processing system, the first query; transmitting, from the second data-processing system, a response to the first query comprising contact information; and transmitting, from the first data-processing system, a signal to a first telecommunications terminal comprising; (i) contact information received from the second data-processing system, and (ii) contact information from the first data-processing system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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