Personalized electronic address book

• US 8,792,868 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, John Potts III, Mikan, Jeffrey Clinton, Cenciarelli, Fulvio, Hardin, Stephen Thomas, Shaw, Venson M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US13/870,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20130244628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 455/461, 370351-360, 37920101-21802, 709/204
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In some embodiments of the present disclosure the location of a mobile device can be used to manage a user'"'"'s electronic address book and connect a user to various members of a directory.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating, via an application executing on a mobile device, the mobile device with a first operating area;

determining, via the application, that the mobile device is located in a second operating area; and

selecting, via the application, a telephone number for an entity based on;

a class associated with the entity;

a location of the mobile device; and

the entity offering a product related to the second operating area

storing the telephone number on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number is selected in accordance with a user profile of a user associated with the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number is selected in accordance with a plurality of user profiles of a plurality of similar users.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the entry is associated with a user preference prior to selecting the telephone number, wherein the user preference authorizes the selection of the telephone number.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a location of a member associated with the selected telephone number to the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a signal indicative of the entry to the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has left the second operating area; and

removing the telephone number for the entity from the address book.

8. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

associating a mobile device with a first operating area;

determining that the mobile device is located in a second operating area; and

selecting a telephone number for an entity based on;

a class associated with the entity;

a location of the mobile device; and

the entity offering a product related to the second operating area; and

storing the telephone number on the mobile device.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the telephone number is selected in accordance with a user profile of a user associated with the mobile device.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the telephone number is selected in accordance with a plurality of user profiles of a plurality of similar users.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the entry is associated with a user preference prior to selecting the telephone number, wherein the user preference authorizes the selection of the telephone number.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising transmitting a location of a member associated with the selected telephone number to the mobile device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising transmitting a signal indicative of the entry to the mobile device.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has left the second operating area; and

transmitting a signal to the mobile device, wherein the signal includes a command to remove the telephone number from the address book.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

associating a mobile device with a first operating area;

determining that the mobile device is located in a second operating area; and

selecting a telephone number for an entity based on;

a class associated with the entity;

a location of the mobile device; and

the entity offering a product related to the second operating area

storing the telephone number on the mobile device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

determining that the entry is associated with a user preference prior to selecting the telephone number, wherein the user preference authorizes the selection of the telephone number.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising transmitting a location of a member associated with the selected telephone number to the mobile device.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising transmitting a signal indicative of the entry to the mobile device.