System and method for integrating an address book with an instant messaging application in a mobile station
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1. A system for integrating an address book software application with an instant messaging software application in a mobile station, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
an instant messaging database for storing instant messaging data, the instant messaging data including instant messaging contacts and instant messaging (IM) presence information to indicate whether the instant messaging contacts may currently be accessed by the instant messaging software application;
an address book database for storing address book data; and
an aggregated data viewer is operable to indicate an association of instant messaging data from the instant messaging database with address book data from the address book database by displaying the instant messaging data together with the address book data;
wherein the aggregated data viewer is operable to provide application program interface (API) entry points that may be used by the address book software application to retrieve and store address book data via an address book library API interfacing the aggregated data viewer with the address book database and by the instant messaging software application to retrieve and store instant messaging data via an instant messaging library API interfacing the aggregated data viewer with the instant message database.
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Abstract
This relates to a method for operating a mobile station. The method includes grouping two or more member addresses into a group. The group is presented as a group data in a transient data list. A selection of an option to open a messaging session with the group is selected. A messaging session is opened, with the member addresses of the selected group.
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1. A system for integrating an address book software application with an instant messaging software application in a mobile station, comprising:
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a hardware processor; an instant messaging database for storing instant messaging data, the instant messaging data including instant messaging contacts and instant messaging (IM) presence information to indicate whether the instant messaging contacts may currently be accessed by the instant messaging software application; an address book database for storing address book data; and an aggregated data viewer is operable to indicate an association of instant messaging data from the instant messaging database with address book data from the address book database by displaying the instant messaging data together with the address book data; wherein the aggregated data viewer is operable to provide application program interface (API) entry points that may be used by the address book software application to retrieve and store address book data via an address book library API interfacing the aggregated data viewer with the address book database and by the instant messaging software application to retrieve and store instant messaging data via an instant messaging library API interfacing the aggregated data viewer with the instant message database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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