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Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving business contact information in a computer system

  • US 7,509,349 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2004
  • Issued: 03/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented contact information management method comprising:

  • storing, in a memory, contact information related to a first user in a first database operatively coupled to a remote device;

    providing, using a processor, an interface for a second user to access the first database over a wireless network using a first wireless communication device to retrieve the contact information related to the first user using a user identifier of the first user;

    creating a second database of user contact information wherein the second database is contained in a memory of the first wireless communication device;

    inserting contact information related to the first user into the second database of the first wireless communication device;

    providing, using a processor, an interface for the first user to edit the contact information related to the first user stored in the first database;

    updating contact information related to the first user in the first database;

    providing, using a processor, an interface for the second user to wirelessly access the updated contact information related to the first user, the second user accessing the updated contact information related to the first user using the user identifier of the first user; and

    synchronizing, using a processor, contact information in the second database with contact information contained in the first database such that the first and second databases contain the same contact information relating to the first user.

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