Architecture optimized for application data sharing within a mobile communications device

• US 8,731,546 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Munje, Arun
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US13/018,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125786A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,205 Days
• Field of Search: 455/66.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455414-4143, 455418-420, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/558, 455/433, 455/186.1, 707/758, 707/769, 707/999.03, 707/999.01, 707/999.2, 707/999.204, 709/203, 709/216, 709/217, 709/219, 379/280, 379/355.02, 379/355.04, 711/100, 375/152, 375/130, 375/326, 370/342, 370/335, 370/320, 365/189.02, 365/185.22
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3325 Reformulation based on results of preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a mobile communication device comprising a local common address database object accessible to at least one application; a communication subsystem for communicating with a network; and a database querying logic module. The database querying logic module, in conjunction with the at least one application, is operable to receive a query relating to an address record; determine that no record in a local common database disposed on the mobile communications device meets the conditions of the received query; query, via the network, a remote database for at least one remote matching record meeting the conditions of the received query; receive, via the network, the at least one remote matching record; and update the local common address database object to incorporate the at least one remote matching record.

Claims

1. A method for sharing address data among multiple applications on a mobile communications device, comprising:

receiving, at an address lookup module on the mobile communication device, a query from an application running outside the mobile communications device;

determining that no record in a local common database disposed on the mobile communications device meets the conditions of the received query;

querying, via a network, a remote address database disposed on a remote server, for at least one remote matching record meeting conditions of the received query;

receiving via the network the at least one remote matching record; and

the address lookup module determining that at least one remote matching record is acceptable to the application and if so, updating the local common database to incorporate the at least one remote matching record.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is from a messaging application.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising accessing the local common database to use the incorporated remote matching record from an application operating on the mobile communications device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application operating on the mobile communications device is an address book application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote address database comprises an enterprise address book.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote address database comprises a public telephone directory.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, an Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Evolution (EDGE) network, a 3rd Generation (3G) network, an Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (IDEN), or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.

8. A mobile communication device comprising:

a local common address database object;

a communication subsystem for communicating with a network; and

a database querying logic module, wherein the database querying logic module, in conjunction with the at least one application, is operable to;

receive a query that relates to an address record, said query originating from an application running outside the mobile communications device;

determine that no record in a local common database meets the conditions of the received query;

query, via the network, a remote database for at least one remote matching record meeting the conditions of the received query;

receive, via the network, the at least one remote matching record; and

determine that at least one remote matching record is acceptable to the application and if so, update the local common address database object to incorporate the at least one remote matching record.

9. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the remote database is disposed in a server operably connected to the Internet.

10. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the local common address database object is accessible to a contacts application.

11. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the local common address database object is accessible to a browser application.

12. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the query is from a messaging application.

13. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the remote address database comprises an enterprise address book.

14. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the remote address database comprises a public telephone directory.

15. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 8, wherein the network is a wireless packet data service network.

16. The mobile communications device as recited in claim 15, wherein the wireless packet data service network is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, an Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Evolution (EDGE) network, a 3rd Generation (3G) network, an Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (IDEN), or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network.