Automated integration of content from multiple information stores using a mobile communication device
First Claim
1. A system for merging information, at least a portion of the information being contained in at least one of a plurality of enterprise information stores available on a network for storing communication information, the system comprising a mobile communication device for accessing the network and comprising a personal information store used in carrying out the communication function of the mobile communication device, the system comprising program code operative to:
- request communication information from the plurality of enterprise information stores as part of the communication function of the mobile communication device and, upon receipt of the requested information, merge the received communication information with related information present in the personal information store in the mobile communication device to create a merged data set comprising at least one record of communication information; and
provide the merged data set to the network.
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Abstract
A system and method for merging information from a plurality of enterprise information stores on a network using a mobile communication device capable of accessing the network. Using the mobile communication device, communication or contact information is requested from the enterprise information stores, and merged with the content of a personal information store resident in the mobile communication device to create a merged data set for uploading to an enterprise information store on the network. In creating the merged data set, the value of a principal identifier in the requested communication information is used to query the personal information store in order to locate data in the personal information store having a value matching the principal identifier.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for merging information, at least a portion of the information being contained in at least one of a plurality of enterprise information stores available on a network for storing communication information, the system comprising a mobile communication device for accessing the network and comprising a personal information store used in carrying out the communication function of the mobile communication device, the system comprising program code operative to:
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request communication information from the plurality of enterprise information stores as part of the communication function of the mobile communication device and, upon receipt of the requested information, merge the received communication information with related information present in the personal information store in the mobile communication device to create a merged data set comprising at least one record of communication information; and
provide the merged data set to the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for merging contact information, comprising the steps of:
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providing a mobile communication device configured to provide communication functions and capable of accessing enterprise information stores on a network, providing on the mobile communication device a personal contact information store for use in association with the communication functions or the device, requesting, using the mobile communication device, contact information from an enterprise information store as part of the communication functions of the mobile communication device, receiving, using the mobile communication device, the requested contact information, merging, using the mobile communication device, the received contact information with related information present in the personal contact information store in the mobile communication device to create a merged data set; and
uploading, using the mobile communication device, the merged data set to the an enterprise information store. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A method for merging contact information from disparate enterprise information stores on a network using a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being configured to provide a communication function and comprising a personal contact information store for use in association with the communication function, the method comprising the steps of:
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requesting, using the mobile communication device, contact information from at least one of the disparate enterprise information stores, receiving, using the mobile communication device, the requested contact information, merging, using the mobile communication device, the received contact information with related information present in the personal contact information store in the mobile communication device to create a merged data set; and
uploading, using the mobile communication device, the merged data set to at least one of the disparate enterprise information stores. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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