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Automatic address book update system

  • US 6,687,362 B1
  • Filed: 02/11/2000
  • Issued: 02/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic address book update system for automatically maintaining address information in a plurality of subscriber address books, comprising:

  • means for storing a set of individual address data for a plurality of individuals;

    means, responsive to the origination of a telephone call between a calling party and a called party, for determining subscription of at least one of the calling and called parties to an automatic address book update service;

    means, responsive to subscription of at least one of the calling and called parties to an automatic address book update service, for propagating address book data to at least one address book of said at least one of the calling and called parties who subscribes to an automatic address book update service; and

    means for disabling said means for propagating for at least one of;

    outgoing calls, calls from a calling party occurring at a frequency less than a predetermined threshold, calls to a called party occurring at a frequency less than a predetermined threshold, calls from a calling party occurring at a number less than a predetermined threshold, calls to a called party occurring at a number less than a predetermined threshold, calls from predetermined numbers, calls to predetermined numbers.

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