Wireless data exchange

• US 20060212482A1
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xenogenic Development Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: OnePIN Incorporated
• Inventors: Celik, Feyzi
• Granted Patent: US 7,813,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller'"'"'s contact information into a user'"'"'s phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other smart card or an integrated chip, on the mobile device or on a remote server. The automatic insert and/or automatic exchange mechanism is triggered when a call is made between two people on mobile phones or other devices.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An information management system comprising:

a first user device having an address book;

a second user device having an address book and configured to interface with the first user device over a wireless network; and

an application module configured to enable the first user device to send information associated with a first user over the wireless network to the second user device address book upon a communication between the first user device and the second user device.

3. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to detect a communication event in at least one of the first user device or the second user device.

4. The information management system of claim 3 wherein the first user device is configured to send information associated with the first user to the second user device in association with a detection of the communication event by the application module.

5. The information management system of claim 3 wherein the first user device is configured to prompt a first user to send information associated with the first user to the second user device in association with a detection of the communication event by the application module.

6. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to insert the information associated with the first user into the second user device address book.

7. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to prompt the second user to insert the information associated with the first user into the second user device address book.

8. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to prompt the first user to update first user information in the first user device.

9. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the first user device is configured to send an updated information message to the second user device to update the information associated with the first user in the second user device address book.

10. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to insert an updated information message into the second user device address book.

11. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to prompt the second user to insert an updated information message into the second user device address book.

12. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the first device includes a smart device comprising one of a Subscriber Identity Module, a UMTS Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card or an embedded chip, and wherein the smart device is configured to include the first user address book.

13. The information management system of claim 12 wherein the second device includes a smart device comprising one of a Subscriber Identity Module, a UMTS Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card or an embedded chip, and wherein the smart device is configured to include the second user address book.

14. The information management system of claim 13 wherein the first user device is configured to send information related to the first user to the smart device of the second user device.

15. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to detect a call identifier of the communication to determine whether the calling number is a mobile device call identifier.

16. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to:

detect a format for a second user identifier stored in the first user device after the communication event; and

format the second user contact identifier when the second user contact identifier is not in a correct dialing format.

17. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to determine a frequency of the communication between the first user device and the second user device.

18. The information management system of claim 17 wherein when the frequency of the communication between the first user device and the second user device exceeds a threshold, the application module is configured to prompt the first user to send an updated information message to the second user.

19. The information management system of claim 2 wherein the application module is configured to determine whether a roaming restriction applies to the first user device before the first user device sends the first user information over the wireless network.

20. An application module for integration in a wireless device, the application module configured to:

detect a communication event between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the communication event occurring over a wireless network;

receive a caller identification for the second wireless device;

retrieve first user information related to a first user of the first wireless device; and

send the first user information over the wireless network to the second wireless device identified by the caller identification for the second wireless device.

21. The application module of claim 20 further configured to prompt the first user for entry of the first user information and update the first user information.

22. The application module of claim 21 further configured to send an update message to the second wireless device when the first user information is updated.

23. The application module of claim 20 further configured to prompt the second user to insert the first user information into the second wireless device.

24. The application module of claim 20 further configured to insert the first user information into the second wireless device.

25. The application module of claim 24 wherein the information related to the first user is inserted into an address book of one of a Subscriber Identity Module, a UMTS Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card or an embedded chip included in the second user device.

26. The application module of claim 20 further configured to send the first user information to the second wireless device to store the first user information in the second wireless device.

27. The application module of claim 26 further configured to send the first user information within a message comprising a SMS message or a MMS message to the second wireless device to store the first user information in the second wireless device.

28. The application module of claim 20 further configured to:

receive second user information from the second wireless device; and

prompt the first user of the first wireless device to accept the second user information for storage in the first wireless device.

29. The application module of claim 20 further configured to reside on a server, the server configured to interact with the first user device and the second user device over the wireless network.

30. A method for automatically sending and receiving information from a wireless device, the information related to a first user of the wireless device, the method comprising:

detecting a communication event occurring between a first wireless device and a second wireless device;

receiving caller identification for the second wireless device;

requesting a permission to determine if first user information is allowable for transmission to the second wireless device; and

sending the first user information to the second wireless device over a wireless network when the first user information is allowable for transmission.

31. The method of claim 30 further comprising inserting the first user information into the second wireless device for storage in the second wireless device.

32. The method of claim 30 further comprising prompting the second wireless device to accept the first user information for storage in the second wireless device.

33. The method of claim 30 further comprising updating the first user information in the first wireless device, and sending the updated first user information to the second wireless device.

34. The method of claim 30 further comprising receiving second user information from the second wireless device at the first wireless device.

35. The method of claim 30 further comprising prompting the first user of the first wireless device to accept the second user information for storage in the first wireless device.

36. An information management system for operation over a network, the system comprising:

a first user device having a first application module, the first device configured to communicate over a network;

a second user device having a second application module, the second user device configured to communicate with the first user device over the network; and

a server having a server application module, the server operating over the network and in communication with the first user device and the second user device,

wherein the server application module is configured to enable the first user device to send information associated with a first user over the network to the second user device upon a communication between the first user device and the second user device.

37. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to detect a communication event between the first user device and the second user device.

38. The information management system of claim 37 wherein the remote server application module is configured to send information associated with the first user to the second user device in association with a detection of the communication event by the server application module.

39. The information management system of claim 37 wherein the first user application module is configured to send information associated with the first user to the second user device in association with a detection of the communication event by the server application module.

40. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to prompt the first user to send information associated with the first user to the second user device.

41. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to prompt the second user to insert the information associated with the first user into the second user device address book.

42. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to communicate with the first application module and the second application module to exchange information associated with a first user.

43. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to prompt the second user to insert the information associated with the first user into a second user device address book.

44. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to prompt the first user to update first user information in the first user device.

45. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to send an updated information message to the second user device to update the information associated with the first user in the second application module.

46. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to prompt the second user to insert an updated information message into the second application module.

47. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the first device includes a smart device comprising one of a Subscriber Identity Module, a UMTS Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card or an embedded chip, and wherein the first application module resides on the smart device.

48. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the second user device includes a smart device comprising one of a Subscriber Identity Module, a UMTS Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card or an embedded chip, and wherein the second application module resides on the smart device.

49. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to detect a call identifier of the communication to determine whether the calling number is a mobile device call identifier.

50. The information management system of claim 36 wherein the server application module is configured to determine a frequency of the communication between the first user device and the second user device.

51. The information management system of claim 50 wherein when the frequency of the communication between the first user device and the second user device exceeds a threshold, the server application module is configured to prompt the first user to send an updated information message to the second user.