System and method for receiving and transferring a telephone directory from one cellular telephone to the same or another

• US 9,510,187 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Likourezos, Peter Deluca
• Original Assignee: George Likourezos, Peter Deluca
• Inventors: DeLuca, Peter, Likourezos, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nimesh
• Application Number:
  US14/281,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/406, 455/412.1, 455/415, 455/566, 455/418, 455/414.4, 709/206, 709/226, 715/259, 370/368, 370/371, 370/363, 370/374, 370/383
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A cellular telephone, system and method are provided which are capable of transferring a portion of or an entire telephone directory consisting of a plurality of telephone numbers to another cellular telephone via a remote central station. The remote central station receives the telephone directory and stores the same in memory for either temporary or permanent storage. The telephone directory can then be transferred from the remote central station to the same or another cellular telephone for storing the telephone directory within a memory of the cellular telephone. An individual, a company, or other entity, utilizing the remote central station, in order to store and transfer a telephone directory from a cellular telephone to the same cellular telephone or to at least another cellular telephone, pays a fee to at least one operator of the remote central station for providing and/or performing the receiving, storing and transferring services.

Claims

1. A cellular telephone comprising:

a memory storing a telephone directory;

a processor having access to the telephone directory stored in the memory; and

a set of instructions capable of being executed by the processor for performing the steps of;

establishing a communication link with a remote central station;

transferring, after user selection of a dedicated key of the cellular telephone, at least a portion of the telephone directory via the communication link to the remote central station; and

receiving advertisements from the remote central station.

2. A cellular telephone comprising:

a memory storing a telephone directory;

a processor having access to the telephone directory stored in the memory; and

a set of instructions capable of being executed by the processor for performing the steps of;

establishing a communication link with a remote central station;

transmitting, after user selection of a dedicated key of the cellular telephone, an instruction to the remote central station to transmit data stored at the remote central station to the cellular telephone; and

receiving advertisements from the remote central station.

3. The cellular telephone according to claim 2, wherein the data stored at the remote central station includes a telephone directory.