Contact management update protocols
First Claim
1. A method for updating contact information, comprising:
- receiving at a server computer a request from a user member to update contact information for one or more contacts in a contact information folder for the member, said request received over the Internet;
searching for the one or more contacts in a universal address book stored in a service database of the server computer to determine whether each of the contacts is a member or non-member of a service provider maintaining the server computer;
generating a first update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined to be members;
generating a second update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined not to be members;
sending each first update request message using a private protocol; and
sending each second update request message using a public protocol,wherein each update request message requests that the recipient provide updated contact information.
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for synchronizing folders between one or more layers of folders. It includes selecting layers to link together, comparing folders in the selected layers using an immutable identifier, parsing the folders of each of the selected layers into fields, comparing the fields of parsed folders of the selected layers, and determining whether to synchronize the folders of the selected layers based on conflict rules triggered in response to the comparison of the fields of the parsed folders. Also disclosed is a system and method of merging two or more folders in a network into a single folder. It includes comparing entries between folders to identify duplicate entries, grouping the identified duplicate entries in each folder, generating a matrix from the duplicates grouping and assigning each matrix entry a value, and matching the matrix entries based on the assigned values to determine an extent to merge an identified duplicate entry.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for updating contact information, comprising:
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receiving at a server computer a request from a user member to update contact information for one or more contacts in a contact information folder for the member, said request received over the Internet; searching for the one or more contacts in a universal address book stored in a service database of the server computer to determine whether each of the contacts is a member or non-member of a service provider maintaining the server computer; generating a first update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined to be members; generating a second update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined not to be members; sending each first update request message using a private protocol; and sending each second update request message using a public protocol, wherein each update request message requests that the recipient provide updated contact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20)
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7. A method for maintaining contact information, comprising:
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receiving updated contact information from a non-member in response to a request by a first member for the updated contact information; updating first stored contact information in a first folder stored on a first device for the first member using the updated contact information received from the non-member; and synchronizing the first stored contact information in the first folder with a universal address book stored on a server computer and with second stored contact information in a second folder stored on a second device for a second member. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing system comprising:
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a processor configured to execute instructions; and a computer readable medium for storing the instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the computing system to; receive from a user member a request to update contact information for one or more contacts in a contact information folder for the member, said request received over the Internet; search for the one or more contacts in a universal address book to determine whether each of the contacts is a member or non-member of a service provider maintaining the computing system; generate a first update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined to be members; generate a second update request message for each of the one or more contacts who are determined not to be members; send each first update request message using a private protocol; and send each second update request message using a public protocol, wherein each update request message requests that the one or more contacts provide updated contact information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22)
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