System and method for receiving and transferring a telephone directory from one cellular telephone to the same or another

• US 8,731,518 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2013
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Likourezos, Peter Deluca
• Original Assignee: George Likourezos, Peter Deluca
• Inventors: DeLuca, Peter, Likourezos, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nimesh
• Application Number:
  US14/019,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20140004823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 256 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406, 455/412.1, 455/415, 455/566, 455/418, 455/414.4, 709/206, 709/226, 715/259, 370/368, 370/371, 370/363, 370/374, 370/383
• US Class Current: 455/406
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A cellular telephone, system and method are provided which are capable of transferring a portion of or an entire telephone directory consisting of a plurality of telephone numbers to another cellular telephone via a remote central station. The remote central station receives the telephone directory and stores the same in memory for either temporary or permanent storage. The telephone directory can then be transferred from the remote central station to the same or another cellular telephone for storing the telephone directory within a memory of the cellular telephone. An individual, a company, or other entity, utilizing the remote central station, in order to store and transfer a telephone directory from a cellular telephone to the same cellular telephone or to at least another cellular telephone, pays a fee to at least one operator of the remote central station for providing and/or performing the receiving, storing and transferring services.

Claims

1. A system for automatically synchronizing data among communications devices, the system comprises:

a plurality of mobile communications devices grouped into a plurality of subsets, said plurality of mobile communications devices includes at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to a particular subset of the plurality of subsets; and

a remote central station for automatically broadcasting data to the at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to the particular subset for storage of said broadcasted data within memories of the at least two mobile communications devices;

said plurality of mobile communications devices having a first communications device having a memory storing data and a second communications device in operative communication with the first communications device via at least one wireless communications link;

said first communications device having a processor capable of executing a set of instructions for performing a method comprising;

automatically establishing the at least one wireless communications link with the second communications device; and

automatically transmitting the data stored in the memory of the first communications device to the second communications device, wherein the transmitted data is received by the second communications device and stored in a memory of the second communications device, such that the data stored in the memory of the first communications device is also stored in the memory of the second communications device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data includes a telephone directory.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wireless communications link is established by a communication protocol selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, CDMA, TDMA, and IEEE 802.11.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second communications device belong to the same subset.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second communications devices are cellular telephones.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first communications device is a cellular radiotelephone, i.e., having walkie-talkie features.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein the first communications device comprises a first and a second dedicated key for manually transmitting data from and to remote central station after selection of the first and second dedicated keys, respectively.

8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising means for deducting funds from a payment account and means for transferring at least a portion of the deducted funds to at least one payment account for effecting payment to a system operator for performing at least one service including transmitting data from the first communications device to the remote central station.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processor executes the set of instructions after lapse of a pre-programmed time interval.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data transmitted by the first communications device is not stored in the second communications device if it is determined by a processor of the second communications device that the data is substantially different than data previously stored in the second communications device.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data stored in the memory of the first communications device includes a telephone directory listing having an identifier and a corresponding telephone number.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the identifier is a name of a person.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcasted data includes a telephone directory listing having an identifier and a corresponding telephone number.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the identifier is a name of a person.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcasted data includes a telephone directory listing having an identifier and a corresponding telephone number.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the identifier is a name of a person.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first and second communications devices are cellular telephones.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first communications device is a cellular radiotelephone, i.e., having walkie-talkie features.

22. The method according to claim 11, further comprising determining a lapse of a pre-programmed time interval prior to automatically establishing the wireless communications link.

23. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the data is substantially different than data previously stored in the second communications device; and

determining not to store the data in the memory of the second communications device if the data is determined to be substantially different than data previously stored in the second communications device.

17. A method for automatically synchronizing data among communications devices, the method comprises:

grouping a plurality of mobile communications devices into a plurality of subsets, including a first and a second communications device;

determining at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to a particular subset of the plurality of subsets;

automatically broadcasting data from a remote central station to the at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to the particular subset for storage of said broadcasted data within memories of the at least two mobile communications devices;

automatically establishing a wireless communications link between the first and the second communications device; and

automatically transmitting data stored in a memory of the first communications device to the second communications device, wherein the transmitted data is received by the second communications device and stored in a memory of the second communications device, such that the data stored in the memory of the first communications device is also stored in the memory of the second communications device.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the first communications device comprises a first and a second dedicated key for manually transmitting data from and to the remote central station after selection of the first and second dedicated keys, respectively.

21. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

deducting funds from a payment account; and

transferring at least a portion of the deducted funds to at least one payment account for effecting payment to a system operator for performing at least one service including transmitting data from the first communications device to the remote central station.

24. The method according to claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of mobile communications devices comprise a first and a second dedicated key for manually transmitting data from and to the remote central station.

25. The method according to claim 17, wherein the data stored in the memory of the first communications device includes a telephone directory listing having an identifier and a corresponding telephone number.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the identifier is a name of a person.