HANDLING, MANAGEMENT AND CREATION OF ICE CONTACTS
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving input at a user equipment that designates a particular entity recorded in a user equipment contacts database as being an entity to be contacted in case of an emergency; and
setting an indication in a first field of a corresponding contacts database entry, where the first field is separate from a second field of the contacts database entry that stores a name of the entity, wherein the indication comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the indication comprising a bit indicating whether the entry represents an ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact, and the second portion of the indication comprising at least one bit indicating an order of priority of the ICE contact.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving input at a user equipment that designates a particular entity recorded in a user equipment contacts database as being an entity to be contacted in case of an emergency and setting an indication in a first field of a corresponding contacts database entry, where the first field is separate from a second field of the contacts database entry that stores a name of the entity.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving input at a user equipment that designates a particular entity recorded in a user equipment contacts database as being an entity to be contacted in case of an emergency; and setting an indication in a first field of a corresponding contacts database entry, where the first field is separate from a second field of the contacts database entry that stores a name of the entity, wherein the indication comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the indication comprising a bit indicating whether the entry represents an ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact, and the second portion of the indication comprising at least one bit indicating an order of priority of the ICE contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium that stores program instructions the execution of which results in operations that comprise:
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receiving input at a user equipment that designates a particular entity recorded in a user equipment contacts database as being an entity to be contacted in case of an emergency; and setting an indication in a first field of a corresponding contacts database entry, where the first field is separate from a second field of the contacts database entry that stores a name of the entity, wherein the indication comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the indication comprising a bit indicating whether the entry represents and ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact, and the second portion of the indication comprising at least one bit indicating an order of priority of the ICE contact. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a data processor; a user interface; and a memory comprising stored data representing a contacts database, the contacts database comprising a plurality of entries, each entry comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields comprising a name field, a contact field storing information indicating how an entity identified in the name field may be contacted, and a further field indicating whether or not the entity named in the name field is to be contacted in the event of an emergency, wherein the indication comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the indication comprising a bit in the first field indicating whether the entry represents an ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact, and the second portion of the indication comprising at least one bit indicating an order of priority of the ICE contact. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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