Enhanced native contact book application

• US 7,984,455 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Backlund, Erik Johan Vendel, Andreasson, Mans Folke Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Van H
• Application Number:
  US11/770,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,481 Days
• Field of Search: 719/310, 719/328, 719/329, 709/217, 709/218, 709/250, 455/418, 455/466
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips

Abstract

An electronic device that includes a native contact book application, at least one Java application for providing one or more functions relating to information included in the native contact book application, and a content handler serving as an interface between operations of the native contact book application and operations of the at least one Java application.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a controller programmed to include;

a native contact book application;

at least one Java application for providing one or more functions relating to information included in the native contact book application; and

a content handler serving as an interface between operations of the native contact book application and operations of the at least one Java application;

wherein the at least one Java application provides additional user interface information relating to corresponding contacts included in the native contact book application to the native contact book application via the contact handler, the additional user interface information including presence information indicating whether a corresponding contact is online or offline and being displayed with the corresponding contacts in the native contact book application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the content handler is a JSR-211 content handler.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one Java application provides at least one command relating to contact information included in the native contact book application to the native contact book application via the content handler.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one command calls a function carried out by the at least one Java application.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the at least one command serves to initiate a chat session with a contact identified in the native contact book application.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the chat session is initiated with the identified contact from within the native contact book application.