CONTACT DATA SHARING
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1. A contact data sharing method, comprising:
- running a contact data sharing application on a device having access to an associated stored list of contacts;
accessing a data record having user contact information for an operator of the device;
sending at least some of the user contact information for the device to a remote device running a remote contact data sharing application; and
in response to changing at least a portion of the user contact information for the device, sending at least a portion of the user contact information to the remote device using at least one of the contact data sharing application and the remote contact data sharing application for the remote device to update the user contact information.
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Abstract
Contact data sharing is disclosed. Contact data sharing as disclosed provides various approaches to update contact data in devices that are remote to the person referred to in the contact date. In this way, contact data can be updated on remote devices when a person updates their own contact data. Contact data sharing allows a person to update their contact data, and then remote devices that list that person as a contact can automatically update the contact data without the user of the remote device having to enter it.
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1. A contact data sharing method, comprising:
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running a contact data sharing application on a device having access to an associated stored list of contacts; accessing a data record having user contact information for an operator of the device; sending at least some of the user contact information for the device to a remote device running a remote contact data sharing application; and in response to changing at least a portion of the user contact information for the device, sending at least a portion of the user contact information to the remote device using at least one of the contact data sharing application and the remote contact data sharing application for the remote device to update the user contact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system to share contact data, comprising:
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a stored list of contacts containing contact information for a plurality of contacts; a connection module to store connections created between a contact in the list of contacts and data entered on one or more remote devices by the subject of the contact in the list of contacts; and an update application including a contact management module to confirm a user record is created and to create a connection between a contact in the list of contacts and data entered on a remote device by the subject of the contact in the list of contacts, the update application further including a contact synchronize module to update the contact information in the list of contacts for a change in the contact information resulting from the data entered on a remote device by the subject of the contact in the list of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system to share contact data, comprising:
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an update service to manage connections between a stored list of contacts containing contact information for a plurality of contacts stored on at least one remote device; a contacts data store to store properties of contacts that are uploaded from remote devices; and a connections data store to store connections created between a contacts in the contacts data store and data entered on one or more remote devices by the subject of the contact in the contacts data store, wherein in response to a change to properties of a contact stored in the contacts data store, the update service sends the change to one or more remote devices connected to the contact in the connections data store. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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