System and method for generating a unified address book
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsWilliam Su, Michael Yeung, Christopher Nguyen
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Abstract
A system and method for generating a unified address book includes a processor, a network interface and a memory storing an address book. The address book is comprised of an electronic address records in a preset or preexisting data record format. Each electronic address record of the address is scanned to generate address records to form a unified address book where records are stored in a unified address format. Generated address records are communicated to an associated data device via the network interface. Additional address records are received from the network interface and the unified address book is supplemented with additional received address records.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a network interface;
- and
- a memory storing a first address book comprised of a plurality of electronic address records in a first preset data record format,
- the memory storing a second address book comprised of a plurality of electronic address records in a second preset data record format,
- wherein the processor is operable to scan each electronic address record of the first and second plurality of electronic address records to generate unified address records comprising a unified address book wherein records are stored in a unified address format,
- wherein the processor is further operable to communicate generated unified address records to an associated data device via the network interface,
- wherein the processor is further operable to receive additional unified address records in the unified address format via the network interface, and
- wherein the processor is further operable to supplement the unified address book with additional received unified address records.
A method comprising:
- storing, in a memory, a first address book comprised of a plurality of electronic address records in a first preset data record format;
- storing, in the memory, a second address book combined of a plurality of electronic address records in a second preset data record format;
- scanning, via a processor, each electronic address record of the first and second plurality of electronic address records to generate unified address records comprising a unified address book wherein records are stored in a unified address format;
- communicating generated unified address records to an associated data device via the network interface;
- receiving additional unified address records in the unified address format via the network interface;
- and
- supplementing the unified address book with additional received unified address records.
A system comprising:
- first and second networked multifunction peripherals, each multifunction peripheral including an address book associated with a user, the address book being comprised of a plurality of unified address records;
- and
- a portable data device associated with a user, the portable data device including
- a processor,
- a memory storing a local address book including a plurality of address records associated with a user of the portable data device in a plurality of different data record formats, and
- a data interface,
- wherein the processor is operable to scan the address records to generate corresponding unified address book records in a unified address format, and
- wherein the processor is further operable to communicate generated records of the unified address book to the multifunction peripherals via the data interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.