METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING CONTACT INFORMATION

• US 20110264684A1
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eytan Shafigi, Nir Shay
• Original Assignee: Eytan Shafigi, Nir Shay
• Inventors: Shay, Nir, Shafigi, Eytan
• Application Number:
  US12/764,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20110264684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method for creating a user'"'"'s address book in a database that creates a code associated with the user such that when the user'"'"'s address book is updated, the updated information is imported into the platforms of members registered in the database through the code. A method for scanning a platform(s) of a user for Email IDs to determine if the Email ID already exists in the user'"'"'s address book, and if it does not, checking the database for the existence of the Email ID, wherein if the Email ID is registered in the database, the user'"'"'s address book is updated with the code of the user associated with the Email ID, and the code is subsequently imported into the user'"'"'s platforms. If the Email ID does not exist in the database, a link between the Email ID and the user'"'"'s platform(s) is created and stored into long term memory.

Claims

1. A method for creating an address book for at least one user in a database and adding contact information into the user'"'"'s address book of at least one member registered in the database, the method comprising the steps of:

registering at least one user into a database by entering at least one requested information;

generating a user'"'"'s address book in the database and at least one code associated with the at least one user;

searching for at least one code of at least one member in the database;

checking the status of the at least one code of the at least one member;

displaying the contact information of the at least one member when the status of the at least one code is public, and if the status of the at least one code is private, asking the permission of the at least one member for displaying the contact information and displaying the contact information only if permission is granted;

adding the displayed contact information of the at least one member into the user'"'"'s address book; and

pushing the at least one code of the at least one member into at least one platform of the at least one user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the contact information includes a telephone number, email address, phone number, fax number, mailing address, home address, or business address.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one platform includes a web based platform, application based platform and/or device based platform.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the web based platform includes Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft network (MSN) and/or America online (AOL).

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the application based platform includes Microsoft outlook and Android.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the device based platform comprises mobile phones and/or personal digital assistants (PDAs).

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one requested information includes a name, address, key Email ID, contact numbers and access information for the at least one platform.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the key Email ID is the primary Email ID entered by the at least one user for registering into the database.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the access information for the at least one platform includes a user name and password for accessing the at least one platform.

10. A method for updating contact information of at least one user in a database, wherein the contact information is stored in at least one platform of at least one member registered in the database, the method comprising the steps of:

updating the contact information of at least one user in an address book of the user stored in the database;

automatically checking to determine if at least one code associated with the at least one user is present in an address book of at least one member registered in the database;

automatically updating the member'"'"'s address book with the contact information of the at least one user if the at least one code of the at least one user is present in the member'"'"'s address book, and

pushing the at least one code of the at least one user into at least one platform of the at least one member.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the at least one platform includes a web based platform, application based platform and device based platform.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the web based platform comprises Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft network (MSN) and America online (AOL).

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the application based platform comprises Microsoft outlook and Android.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the device based platform comprises mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

15. A method for scanning at least one platform of at least one user to add at least one code of at least one member registered in a database to a user'"'"'s address book, the method comprising the steps of:

searching for at least one Email ID in at least one platform of at least one user;

accessing the at least one Email ID from the at least one platform of the at least one user; and

comparing the at least one Email ID with the user'"'"'s address book and taking no action if the at least one Email ID is already present in the user'"'"'s address book, and if the at least one Email ID is not present in the user'"'"'s address book, checking the at least one Email ID in the database to determine if the Email ID is present in the database,

wherein, if the Email ID is present in the database, adding the at least one code of the at least one member corresponding to the at least one Email ID to the user'"'"'s address book and subsequently pushing the at least one code of the at least one member to at least one platform of the at least one user.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein a link between the code of the at least one user and the at least one Email ID of a non-registered person is created and stored in the long term memory of the database if the at least one Email ID is not present in the database.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein a single user spam filter operation is performed to check the possibility of sending a marketing email to the non-registered person if the at least one Email ID is not present in the database.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein an email address spam filter operation is performed to check the possibility of the non-registered person receiving the marketing email, if the at least one Email ID is not present in the database.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one platform includes a web based platform, application based platform and/or device based platform.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the web based platform comprises Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft network (MSN) and America online (AOL).

21. The method of claim 19 wherein the application based platform includes Microsoft outlook and Android.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein the device based platform comprises mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).