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Method and system for establishing an application contact list

  • US 8,244,672 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/2004
  • Issued: 08/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of establishing an application contact list on a client station, wherein the client station includes a master contact list including a plurality of contact entries for a user of the client station, the method comprising:

  • identifying a service associated with a network application to which the user of the client station subscribes;

    identifying a network user who subscribes to the service associated with the network application;

    determining if a contact entry in the master contact list corresponds to the network user;

    if so, sending a message to the client station instructing the client station to mark the contact entry in the master list with an identifier, wherein the identifier identifies the contact entry as a contact entry that is associated with the network application, and storing the identifier.

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