Phone to phone data exchange

• US 7,970,792 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2009
• Issued: 06/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Xenogenic Development Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: OnePIN Incorporated
• Inventors: Celik, Feyzi
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US12/348,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 707/612, 707/694, 707/758, 707/784, 707/802, 455/558, 709/203, 709/217
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event.

Claims

1. An information management system for sharing contact information over a network, the system comprising:

a first mobile communication device having a first application module, the first mobile communication device operating with the network and in communication with a second mobile communication device having a second application module;

a first operating system residing on the first mobile communication device configured to detect a communication event relating to a communication between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device; and

an address book module residing on the first mobile communication device that includes contact information associated with the first user,

wherein the first application module is configured to;

cause, in response to the detection of the communication event, a prompt to be provided to the first user of the first mobile communication device that requests permission to send contact information associated with the first user to the second mobile communication device, wherein the permission is requested after the occurrence of the communication event;

retrieve the contact information associated with the first user from the address book module;

cause the sending of the retrieved contact information associated with the first user of the first mobile communication device to the second mobile communication device via the network after permission is granted by the first user to send the contact information.

2. The information management system of claim 1, wherein the first mobile communication device is configured to prompt a first user to enter information for storage in the first mobile communication device.

3. The information management system of claim 1, wherein the second application module is triggered to permit insertion of the retrieved contact information into a second address book module of the second mobile communication device.

4. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the second application module is configured to prompt a second user of the second mobile communication device to insert the information associated with the first mobile communication device into the address book module.

5. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the first application module and the second application module exchange information associated with the first user.

6. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the first operating system is configured to detect the communication event in at least one of the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device.

7. The information management system of claim 1 further comprising an address book module residing on the second mobile communication device.

8. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the application module is configured to determine a frequency of communications between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device.

9. The information management system of claim 8 wherein when the frequency of the communications between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device exceeds a threshold, the application module is configured to send an updated contact information message to the second mobile communication device.

10. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the first application module is configured to update contact information stored in the first mobile communication device.

11. The information management system of claim 10 wherein the first application module is configured to prompt the first user to send the updated contact information to the second mobile communication device for automatic insertion into the address book module.

12. The information management system of claim 10 wherein the first application module is configured to automatically provide updated contact information to contacts stored in the first mobile communication device.

13. The information management system of claim 1 wherein the first application module is configured to allow entry of a permission level for the contact information stored in the first mobile communication device.

14. The information management system of claim 13 wherein the first application module is configured to send contact information associated with the first user, that corresponds to a selected permission level, to the second mobile communication device.

15. The information management system of claim 13 wherein the first application module is configured to store a permission level that corresponds to the second mobile communication device.

16. The information management system of claim 15 wherein the first application module is configured to store a sent record to indicate a time of sent contact information, a destination number, and a permission level.