Synchronizing information across telecommunications terminals for multiple users
First Claim
1. A first telecommunications terminal comprising:
- a receiver for receiving, from a second telecommunications terminal, a first portion of a first user profile that is associated with a first user, wherein the first portion comprises a first call log entry that is associated with the first user;
a memory for storing;
(i) the first portion as part of the first user profile,(ii) a second user profile that is associated with a second user, and(iii) identifiers for a predetermined group of terminals that comprises at least the first telecommunications terminal, the second telecommunications terminal, and a third telecommunications terminal; and
a transmitter for transmitting a second portion of the second user profile to the third telecommunications terminal, wherein the transmitter transmits the second portion based on the third telecommunications terminal belonging to the predetermined group.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable the synchronization of user profile information for M users who are sharing K telecommunications terminals, wherein M and K are not necessarily equal to each other. The disclosed technique addresses the problem that occurs when multiple users share multiple terminals, in which a user that selects a particular terminal to use has to contend with the contact lists, user preferences, and call log entries that are left over from the previous user or users of the selected terminal. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the user profile information is associated with and stored for each user in a group of users, in contrast to being associated with and stored for the telecommunications terminal. The user profile information comprises (i) contact information, (ii) call or message activity, and (iii) user terminal preferences.
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1. A first telecommunications terminal comprising:
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a receiver for receiving, from a second telecommunications terminal, a first portion of a first user profile that is associated with a first user, wherein the first portion comprises a first call log entry that is associated with the first user; a memory for storing; (i) the first portion as part of the first user profile, (ii) a second user profile that is associated with a second user, and (iii) identifiers for a predetermined group of terminals that comprises at least the first telecommunications terminal, the second telecommunications terminal, and a third telecommunications terminal; and a transmitter for transmitting a second portion of the second user profile to the third telecommunications terminal, wherein the transmitter transmits the second portion based on the third telecommunications terminal belonging to the predetermined group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first telecommunications terminal; (i) a first portion, from a second telecommunications terminal, of a first user profile that is associated with a first user, wherein the first portion comprises a first call log entry that is associated with the first user, and (ii) a second portion of a second user profile that is associated with a second user; and storing, at the first telecommunications terminal; (i) the first portion as part of the first user profile, (ii) the second portion as part of the second user profile, and (iii) identifiers for a predetermined group of terminals that comprises at least the first telecommunications terminal and the second telecommunications terminal; wherein the receiving of the first portion is based on the second telecommunications terminal belonging to the predetermined group. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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storing, at a first telecommunications terminal; (i) a first user profile that is associated with a first user, (ii) a second user profile that is associated with a second user, and (iii) identifiers for a predetermined group of terminals that comprises at least the first telecommunications terminal and a second telecommunications terminal; and transmitting, from the first telecommunications terminal; (i) a first portion of the first user profile to a second telecommunications terminal, and (ii) a second portion of the second user profile to the second telecommunications terminal; wherein the transmitting of the first portion and the second portion is based on the second telecommunications terminal belonging to the predetermined group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first telecommunications terminal from a second telecommunications terminal, a first portion of a first user profile that is associated with a first user, wherein the first portion comprises a first call log entry that is associated with the first user; storing, at the first telecommunications terminal; (i) the first portion as part of the first user profile, (ii) a second user profile that is associated with a second user, and (iii) identifiers for a predetermined group of terminals that comprises the first telecommunications terminal, the second telecommunications terminal, and a third telecommunications terminal; and transmitting a second portion of the second user profile from the first telecommunications terminal to the third telecommunications terminal, wherein the transmitting of the second portion to the third telecommunications terminal is based on the third telecommunications terminal belonging to the predetermined group. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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