Method of storing e-mail address information on a SIM card
First Claim
1. A method of storing an e-mail address within an Abbreviated Dialing Number (ADN) record of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, the ADN record including a plurality of fields having personal contact information relating to a contact stored in the ADN record, said method comprising the steps of:
- allocating a first number of bytes of memory space to a first field in the ADN record;
storing an e-mail address of a contact in the first field in the ADN record;
setting a flag in a second field in the ADN record indicating a presence of an e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record;
allocating a third byte from said first number of bytes in the first field in the ADN record for identifying a length of the e-mail address stored in the field;
wherein the second field in the ADN record comprises a Type of Number/Numbering Plan Identification (TON/NPI) field; and
wherein an NPI portion of the TON/NPI field includes four binary bits, and wherein in the step of setting a flag in the second field in the ADN record indicating the presence of an e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record comprises the step of setting the NPI portion of the TON/NPI field equal to binary “
1110”
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Abstract
A method of storing an e-mail address within an Abbreviated Dialing Number (ADN) record of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided. The ADN record typically includes a plurality of fields having personal contact information relating to a contact stored in the ADN record. The inventive method includes the steps of allocating a first number of bytes of memory space to a first field in the ADN record, storing an e-mail address of a contact in the first field in the ADN record, and setting a flag in a second field in the ADN record indicating a presence of a e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of storing an e-mail address within an Abbreviated Dialing Number (ADN) record of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, the ADN record including a plurality of fields having personal contact information relating to a contact stored in the ADN record, said method comprising the steps of:
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allocating a first number of bytes of memory space to a first field in the ADN record;
storing an e-mail address of a contact in the first field in the ADN record;
setting a flag in a second field in the ADN record indicating a presence of an e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record;
allocating a third byte from said first number of bytes in the first field in the ADN record for identifying a length of the e-mail address stored in the field;
wherein the second field in the ADN record comprises a Type of Number/Numbering Plan Identification (TON/NPI) field; and
wherein an NPI portion of the TON/NPI field includes four binary bits, and wherein in the step of setting a flag in the second field in the ADN record indicating the presence of an e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record comprises the step of setting the NPI portion of the TON/NPI field equal to binary “
1110”
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12. A method of storing an e-mail address within an Abbreviated Dialing Number (ADN) record of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, the ADN record storing subscriber-specific contact information relating to subscriber contacts and including a Dialing Number field having a first number of bytes of memory space for typically storing a phone number associated with a subscriber contact and an Alpha Identifier field having a second number of bytes of memory space for typically storing a subscriber-defined alphanumeric tag associated with the subscriber contact, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing an e-mail address in the Alpha Identifier field of the ADN record associated with a particular subscriber contact;
setting a flag in the ADN record indicating a presence of an e-mail address in the Alpha Identifier field;
allocating a third byte from said first number of bytes in the Alpha Identifier field in the ADN record for identifying a length of the e-mail address stored in the Alpha Identifier field;
wherein the ADN record further includes a Type of Number/Numbering Plan Identification (TON/NPI) field, and wherein the flag setting step comprises setting a flag in the TON/NPI field indicating a presence of an e-mail address in the Alpha Identifier field; and
wherein an NPI portion of the TON/NPI field includes four binary bits, and wherein the step of setting a flag in the TON/NPI field indicating the presence of an e-mail address in the Alpha Identifier field comprises setting the NPI portion of the TON/NPI field equal to binary “
1110”
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