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Mobile address book population using SMS polling

  • US 8,467,815 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2009
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device that automatically populates address book fields, the device comprising:

  • a system for sending and receiving short message service (SMS) messages;

    an address book that includes an entry for an owner and entries for contacts associated with the owner, wherein each entry includes a set of attributes and at least one piece of attribute data;

    a system for parsing an incoming SMS message to identify a request for attribute data of the owner and for generating a responsive SMS message with attribute data of the owner;

    a system for determining whether any non-filled attributes exist in the entries in the address book for contacts associated with the owner without prompting from a user associated with the owner; and

    a system for;

    issuing SMS messages to contacts in the address book requesting additional attribute data to automatically complete the any non-filled attributes in response to determining the any non-filled attributes exist in the entries in the address book; and

    loading received attribute data associated with the any non-filled attributes into the address book.

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