Method for updating a personal data file in mobile units of communication networks
First Claim
1. A method of updating, in at least one first mobile communication apparatus of a network, a file of personal information relating to at least one correspondent of the user of said first communication apparatus, said correspondent being equipped with a second mobile communication apparatus and having modified at least one item of personal information concerning said correspondent, comprising the following steps:
- (a) detecting the call number of said first mobile communication apparatus, based on data stored in said second mobile communication apparatus;
(b) determining whether said first mobile communication apparatus contains a software program that is executed in said first mobile communication apparatus to update said file of personal information;
(c) transmitting, by means of a communication on the network to at least said first mobile communication apparatus, said personal information that is modified, by sending an E-SMS (“
Enhanced Short Message Service”
) message to said first communication apparatus,(d) transmitting said software program with said E-SMS message if a determination is made that said first mobile communication apparatus does not contain said software program; and
(e) executing said software program in said first communication apparatus to update said file of personal information.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for updating in at least a first mobile communication apparatus (48) of a network, in particular of the GSM type, a personal data file concerning at least a correspondent of the user of the first communication apparatus, said correspondent being equipped with a second mobile communication apparatus (60) and having modified at least one personal information concerning him. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following main steps which consist in: (a) detecting in said second mobile communication apparatus (60) the call number of said first mobile communication apparatus (48), and (b) transmitting to at least said first mobile communication apparatus (48) said modified personal information.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of updating, in at least one first mobile communication apparatus of a network, a file of personal information relating to at least one correspondent of the user of said first communication apparatus, said correspondent being equipped with a second mobile communication apparatus and having modified at least one item of personal information concerning said correspondent, comprising the following steps:
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(a) detecting the call number of said first mobile communication apparatus, based on data stored in said second mobile communication apparatus; (b) determining whether said first mobile communication apparatus contains a software program that is executed in said first mobile communication apparatus to update said file of personal information; (c) transmitting, by means of a communication on the network to at least said first mobile communication apparatus, said personal information that is modified, by sending an E-SMS (“
Enhanced Short Message Service”
) message to said first communication apparatus,(d) transmitting said software program with said E-SMS message if a determination is made that said first mobile communication apparatus does not contain said software program; and (e) executing said software program in said first communication apparatus to update said file of personal information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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