Mobile communication in a network-device environment

• US 9,002,329 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, Isaac David, Guedalia, Jacob
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
• Application Number:
  US12/394,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20090227246A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,230 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 4554141-4144, 455/415, 455/461, 715/739
• 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: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems

Abstract

A system of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a communication device user may include a first processing device associated with a first service provider, a first computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first processing device and a second processing device associated with a second service provider and in communication with the first processing device. The first computer-readable storage medium may include instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier corresponding to a mobile device associated with a user of a second service provider, sending a message having an authorization code to the mobile device associated with the user, and receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code, receiving contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user, updating the received contact information and updating contact information associated with the user in one or more second address books.

Claims

1. A system of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a user of a communication device, the system comprising:

a first processing device associated with a first service provider;

a first computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first processing device;

wherein the first computer-readable storage medium comprises;

programming instructions for sending a message to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

programming instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier and the authorization code from a client processing device;

programming instructions for requesting, in response to receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code, contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user;

programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

programming instructions for updating, in one or more second address books, information useable to contact the user, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

programming instructions for receiving, from the client processing device associated with the user, the mobile device identifier, wherein the mobile device identifier comprises a mobile station international subscriber directory number and a country code.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the programming instructions for receiving the mobile device identifier comprise programming instructions for receiving, from the client processing device, the mobile device identifier before sending the message to the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions for sending the message to the mobile device associated with the user comprise sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message;

or

a multimedia message service message.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

programming instructions for sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers and the destination names to the mobile device associated with the user.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the programming instructions for assigning the direct inward dialing number comprise assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions for updating the information useable to contact the user in the one or more second address books comprise:

programming instructions for assigning a direct inward dialing number associated with the user to one or more of the one or more contacts; and

programming instructions for sending the assigned direct inward dialing number to a second processing device in communication with the first processing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the programming instructions for assigning the direct inward dialing number associated with the user comprise assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions for updating the information useable to contact the user comprise:

programming instructions for receiving, from the client processing device associated with the user, a selection of which contacts of the address book are to receive the information useable to contact the user; and

programming instructions for sending a message to a mobile device associated with the selected contacts, wherein the message informs the contact of the information useable to contact the user, wherein the information useable to contact the user comprises one or more of the destination name, a telephone number, a personal computer number or the direct inward dialing number of the user.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a second computer-readable storage medium in communication with a second processing device, wherein the second computer-readable storage medium is configured to store a network address book for subscribers of a second service provider.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more programming instructions for processing a call between the user and a callee.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more programming instructions for processing the call comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, the call to the callee, wherein the callee is a contact in the address book associated with the user, wherein the call comprises a direct inward dialing number associated with the callee;

identifying a telephone number associated with the callee based on the direct inward dialing number; and

connecting a call between the mobile device associated with the user and a communication device associated with the identified telephone number.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving the call comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a selection of the callee, wherein the callee is selected using one or more of the following;

the address book associated with the user;

a call log;

or

a favorites list.

14. A method of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a user of a communication device, the method comprising:

sending a message to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

receiving a mobile device identifier and the authorization code from a client processing device;

in response to receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code, requesting, by the processing device, contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user;

assigning, by the processing device, a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

updating, in one or more second address books, information useable to contact the user, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving the mobile device identifier from the client processing device associated with the user, wherein the mobile device identifier comprises a mobile station international subscriber directory number and a country code.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the mobile device identifier comprises receiving the mobile device identifier from the client processing device before sending the message to the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein sending the message to the mobile device associated with the user comprises sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message;

or

a multimedia message service message.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sending the assigned direct inward dialing numbers and the destination names to the mobile device associated with the user.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein assigning the direct inward dialing number comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein updating the information useable to contact the user in the one or more second address books comprises:

assigning a direct inward dialing number associated with the user to one or more of the one or more contacts; and

sending the assigned direct inward dialing number to a second processing device in communication with the processing device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein assigning the direct inward dialing number associated with the user comprises assigning a direct inward dialing number that is allocated by a second service provider.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein updating the information useable to contact the user comprises:

receiving, from a client processing device associated with the user, a selection of which contacts of the address book are to receive the information useable to contact the user; and

sending a message to a mobile device associated with the selected contacts, wherein the message informs the contact of the information useable to contact the user, wherein the information useable to contact the user comprises one or more of the destination name, a telephone number, a personal computer number or the direct inward dialing number of the user.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein processing a call comprises:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, the call to a callee, wherein the callee is a contact in the address book associated with the user, wherein the call comprises a direct inward dialing number associated with the callee;

identifying a telephone number associated with the callee based on the direct inward dialing number; and

connecting a call between the mobile device associated with the user and a communication device associated with the identified telephone number.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein receiving the call comprises:

receiving, from the mobile device associated with the user, a selection of the callee, wherein the callee is selected using one or more of the following;

the address book associated with the user;

a call log;

or

a favorites list.

27. The method of claim 14, wherein the processing device requests the contact information from a network address book processing device.

28. The method of claim 14, wherein the first service provider comprises one of a cellular phone service company, a cellular phone service provider, a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) provider, or a mobile Internet communication solution.

25. An apparatus for provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a user of a communication device, the apparatus comprising:

means for sending a message to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

means for receiving a mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

means for requesting, by the processing device, contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user in response to receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

assigning a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

means for updating, in one or more second address books, information useable to contact the user, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a user of a communication device, an apparatus comprising:

at least one instruction for sending a message to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the message comprises an authorization code;

at least one instruction for receiving a mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

at least one instruction for requesting, by the processing device, contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user in response to receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code;

at least one instruction for assigning a direct inward dialing number and a destination name to each contact of the address book; and

at least one instruction for updating, in one or more second address books, information useable to contact the user, wherein each second address book corresponds to one of the one or more contacts.