System and method for storing contact information in document processing devices

• US 8,265,694 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Natarajan, Giri, Kanamkandy, Aksar
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US12/828,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20110081949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

The subject application is directed to a system and method for obtaining address data from a portable device to a document processing device. An address book, including address entries accessible via the document processing device, is stored in a data storage associated with a document processing device controller. Selection data is then received from an associated user, following which an address entry is retrieved from the address book. Document processing operations are then commenced in accordance with the retrieved address entries. A portable telecommunication device, proximate to the document processing device, is then discovered via a wireless transceiver. The portable device includes an integrated data storage containing contact data of contact information for contact destinations. After discovery, a data connection is established with the portable telecommunications device over which contact data is received. An entry is then added into the address book corresponding to the received contact data.

Claims

1. A document processing device comprising:

a controller including a processor in data communication with a data storage;

an address book stored in the data storage, the address book including a plurality of address entries accessible via the document processing device;

an interface operable to selectively retrieve at least one address entry from the address book;

the controller operable to commence at least one document processing operation on the document processing device in accordance with the at least one retrieved address entry;

a wireless transceiver operable to discover an associated portable telecommunication device proximate to the document processing device, the telecommunication device having a telecommunications device data storage integrated therewith storing contact data corresponding to contact information of at least one contact destination;

the wireless transceiver further operable to establish a data connection with the portable telecommunications device after discovery thereof;

a data input operable to receive the contact data from the from the portable telecommunication device; and

the controller further operable to add an entry into the address book corresponding to the received contact data.

2. The document processing device of claim 1 wherein the wireless transceiver is comprised of a Bluetooth device, and wherein discovery of the portable telecommunication device is a Bluetooth pairing.

3. The document processing device of claim 1 wherein contact data is comprised of an address entry in a vCard data interchange format.

4. The document processing device of claim 1 further comprising a data parser operable to parse the received contact information for integration into the address book.

5. The document processing device of claim 1 wherein the controller is further operable to commence at least one document processing operation in accordance with the added entry, which document processing operation includes a facsimile transmission directed to a recipient specified by the added entry.

6. The document processing device of claim 1 further comprising a printer operable to generate a printout corresponding to the received contact data.

7. The document processing device of claim 1 further comprising an output operable to communicate address book data to an associated, networked data processing device.

8. A method of obtaining address data from a portable device to a document processing device comprising:

storing an address book in a data storage associated with a document processing device controller including a processor, the address book including a plurality of address entries accessible via the document processing device;

receiving selection data from an associated user;

retrieving at least one address entry from the address book in accordance with received selection data;

commencing at least one document processing operation on the document processing device in accordance with the at least one retrieved address entry;

discovering, via a wireless transceiver, an associated portable telecommunication device proximate to the document processing device, the telecommunication device having a telecommunications device data storage integrated therewith storing contact data corresponding to contact information of at least one contact destination;

establishing a data connection with the portable telecommunications device after discovery thereof;

receiving the contact data from the from the portable telecommunication device; and

adding an entry into the address book corresponding to the received contact data.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the wireless transceiver is comprised of a Bluetooth device, and wherein discovery of the portable telecommunication device includes the step of completing a Bluetooth pairing operation.

10. The method claim 8 wherein contact data is comprised of an address entry in a vCard data interchange format.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising parsing the received contact information for integration into the address book.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising commencing least one document processing operation in accordance with the added entry, which document processing operation includes a facsimile transmission directed to a recipient specified by the added entry.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating a printout corresponding to the received contact data.

14. The method of device of claim 8 further comprising communicating address book data to an associated, networked data processing device.

15. A system of obtaining address data from a portable device to a document processing device comprising:

a controller including a processor in data communication with a data storage;

means adapted for storing an address book in a data storage associated with a document processing device controller including a processor, the address book including a plurality of address entries accessible via the document processing device;

means adapted for receiving selection data from an associated user;

means adapted for retrieving at least one address entry from the address book in accordance with received selection data;

means adapted for commencing at least one document processing operation on the document processing device in accordance with the at least one retrieved address entry;

means adapted for discovering, via a wireless transceiver, an associated portable telecommunication device proximate to the document processing device, the telecommunication device having a telecommunications device data storage integrated therewith storing contact data corresponding to contact information of at least one contact destination;

means adapted for establishing a data connection with the portable telecommunications device after discovery thereof;

means for adapted receiving the contact data from the portable telecommunication device; and

means adapted for adding an entry into the address book corresponding to the received contact data.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the wireless transceiver is comprised of a Bluetooth device, and wherein discovery of the portable telecommunication device includes the step of completing a Bluetooth pairing operation.

17. The system claim 15 wherein contact data is comprised of an address entry in a vCard data interchange format.

18. The system of claim 15 further comprising means adapted for parsing the received contact information for integration into the address book.

19. The system of claim 15 further comprising means adapted for commencing least one document processing operation in accordance with the added entry, which document processing operation includes a facsimile transmission directed to a recipient specified by the added entry.

20. The system of claim 15 further comprising means adapted for generating a printout corresponding to the received contact data.