Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system

• US 8,010,159 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sims, Jamie, Lazaro, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan; Phuoc
• Application Number:
  US12/984,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098064A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system comprises receiving a contact data record from a first mobile device and storing the contact data record in a contact database remote from the mobile device. A selection can be received remotely for the contact data record from a second mobile device. The contact data record can be transmitted to the second mobile device for storage in its memory.

Claims

1. A device configured to receive a contact data record comprising contact information associated with a previous device, the device comprising:

a subscriber identity module (SIM) interface configured to receive a SIM card;

a transceiver configured to facilitate communications between the device and a contact database in which the contact data record is stored;

a processor in communication with the transceiver;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory being configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, responsive to the SIM card being inserted into the SIM interface;

generate a request for the contact data record;

send, via the transceiver, the request to the contact database;

receive, via the transceiver, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request; and

store the contact data record.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, via the transceiver, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, in a short message service (SMS) message, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, via the transceiver, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, via the Internet, the contact data record from the contact database.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to store the contact data record comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to store the contact data record in the memory.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to store the contact data record comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to store the contact data record in the SIM card.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the SIM card is a previous SIM card that operated in the previous device.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising an input interface and the instructions further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to request input of a password via the input interface prior to generating the request for the contact data record.

8. A method for receiving a contact data record at a device, the method comprising:

responsive to a subscriber identity module (SIM) card being inserted into a SIM interface of the device;

generating a request for the contact data record;

sending the request to the contact database in which the contact data record is stored, the contact data record comprising contact information associated with a previous device;

receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request; and

storing the contact data record.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprises receiving, in a short message service (SMS) message, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprises receiving, via the internet, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein storing the contact data record comprises storing the contact data record in a memory of the device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein storing the contact data record comprises storing the contact data record in the SIM card.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the method responsive to the SIM card being inserted into the SIM interface of the device comprises performing the method responsive to the SIM card being inserted into the SIM interface of the device, the SIM card being a previous SIM card that operated in the previous device.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising requesting input of a password prior to generating the request for the contact data record.

15. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of a device, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

responsive to a subscriber identity module (SIM) card being inserted into a SIM interface of the device;

generating a request for the contact data record;

sending the request to the contact database in which the contact data record is stored, the contact data record comprising contact information associated with a previous device;

receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request; and

storing the contact data record.

16. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising receiving, in a short message service (SMS) message, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising receiving the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising receiving, via the internet, the contact data record from the contact database in response to the request.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising storing the contact data record comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising storing the contact data record in the computer-readable medium.

19. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising storing the contact data record comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising storing the contact data record in the SIM card.

20. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method comprising further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method further comprising requesting input of a password prior to generating the request for the contact data record.