Method and apparatus for address book contact sharing
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1. A method comprising:
- maintaining a first address book associated with a first user and a second address book associated with a second user, the first address book including contact information for one or more third party parties;
receiving, from the first user, a request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book;
determining that a subset of the contact information is marked as private;
forwarding, from the first user to the second user, the request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book, the request excluding the subset of the contact information marked as private;
receiving a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information;
copying contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third party parties at the request of the first user; and
notifying at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book.
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Abstract
An exemplary method and apparatus for facilitating contact sharing between users of a communication network are described. The method may include maintaining contact information in first and second address books associated with first and second users, respectively, and forwarding, from the first user to the second user, a request to copy contact information from the first address book to the second address book. The method may further include receiving a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, and copying the contact information from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation.
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining a first address book associated with a first user and a second address book associated with a second user, the first address book including contact information for one or more third party parties; receiving, from the first user, a request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book; determining that a subset of the contact information is marked as private; forwarding, from the first user to the second user, the request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book, the request excluding the subset of the contact information marked as private; receiving a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information; copying contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third party parties at the request of the first user; and notifying at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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providing, at a user terminal, access to a central server configured to maintain a first address book and a second address book, the first address book being associated with a first user and the second address book being associated with a second user; receiving, at the user terminal, a request from the first user to copy contact information for on or more third parties from the first address book to the second address book; determining that a subset of the contact information is marked as private; forwarding, to the second user, the request to copy contact information, the request not including the subset of the contact information marked as private; receiving, at the user terminal, a confirmation that the request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book is acceptable, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information; sending instructions, from the user terminal to the central server, to copy the contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third parties at the request of the first user; and notifying at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising:
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providing access to a central server configured to maintain a first address book and a second address book, the first address book being associated with a first user and the second address book being associated with a second user; receiving a request from the first user to copy contact information for one or more third party parties from the first address book to the second address book; determining that a subset of the contact information is marked as private; forwarding, to the second user, the request to copy contact information, the request not including the subset of the contact information marked as private; receiving a confirmation that the request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book is acceptable, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information; sending instructions to the central server to copy the contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third parties at the request of the first user; and notifying at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book.
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11. A system comprising:
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a central server adapted to maintain a first address book associated with a first user and a second address book associated with a second user, the first address book including contact information for one or more third parties; a first user terminal associated with the first user and adapted to forward, from the first user to the second user, a request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book, the request excluding contact information marked as private based on a determination that a subset of the contact information is marked as private; and a second user terminal associated with the second user and adapted to receive a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information; wherein the central server is adapted to copy the contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third parties at the request of the first user; and wherein the central server is further adapted to notify at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising:
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maintaining a first address book associated with a first user and a second address book associated with a second user, the first address book including contact information for one or more third parties; receiving, from the first user, a request to copy the contact information for the from the first address book to the second address book; determining that a subset of the contact information is marked as private; forwarding, from the first user to the second user, the request to copy the contact information from the first address book to the second address book, the request excluding the subset of the contract information marked as private; receiving a confirmation from the second user in response to the request, the confirmation including a selection of a portion of contacts from the contact information; copying contact information for the selected portion of contacts from the first address book to the second address book in response to the confirmation, thereby providing the second user with access to the contact information for the one or more third parties at the request of the first user; and notifying at least one of the first and second users that contact information marked as private has not been copied from the first address book to the second address book.
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