Auto update utility for digital address books
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for updating contact information in a network with client and server computers, comprising:
- a. using a computer processor of a client computer, extracting contact information from a memory of the client computer, wherein the contact information is for an addressee from an address book data structure for an address book;
b. presenting on a display of the client computer at least one item of extracted contact information for the addressee;
c. sending the extracted contact information to a server only if affirmative user input is received in response to the displayed contact information, which extracted contact information causes a computer processor of the server to generate and send over a network to an addressee computer of the addressee a contact information update request;
d. receiving, from the addressee computer via the server, updated contact information for the addressee that is generated on the addressee computer; and
e. using the updated contact information to update the contact information of the addressee in the memory of the client computer.
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Abstract
An Internet-based system capable of automatically maintaining contact-related information in any computer software application or digital device which stores or manages contact-related information. More particularly, the system allows users to automatically enter and maintain contact-related information in a digital address book or similar application or device (such as a wireless phone or PDA) with minimal or no manual entry of the contact-related information by the user. The system also allows contacts of the user (i.e. people who'"'"'s contact information or partial contact information is present in the user'"'"'s address book application) to make corrections to their contact-related information contained in the user'"'"'s address book, request reciprocal contact information from the user, deny the user access to additional or corrected contact-related information and take other actions relative to managing the contact-related information which others (users) have about them.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for updating contact information in a network with client and server computers, comprising:
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a. using a computer processor of a client computer, extracting contact information from a memory of the client computer, wherein the contact information is for an addressee from an address book data structure for an address book; b. presenting on a display of the client computer at least one item of extracted contact information for the addressee; c. sending the extracted contact information to a server only if affirmative user input is received in response to the displayed contact information, which extracted contact information causes a computer processor of the server to generate and send over a network to an addressee computer of the addressee a contact information update request; d. receiving, from the addressee computer via the server, updated contact information for the addressee that is generated on the addressee computer; and e. using the updated contact information to update the contact information of the addressee in the memory of the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-volatile computer-readable hardware storage medium comprising instructions that, upon execution by a computer processor, implement a method for updating contact information on a client computer, the method:
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a. using a computer processor of a client computer, extracting contact information from a memory of the client computer, wherein the contact information is for an addressee from an address book data structure for an address book; b. presenting on a display of the client computer at least one item of extracted contact information for the addressee; c. sending the extracted contact information to a server only if affirmative user input is received in response to the displayed contact information, which extracted contact information causes a computer processor of the server to generate and send over a network to an addressee computer of the addressee a contact information update request; d. receiving, from the addressee computer via the server, updated contact information for the addressee that is generated on the addressee computer; and e. using the updated contact information to update the contact information of the addressee in the memory of the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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