System and method of managing contact information of a terminal recognized by a vehicle

A method of managing contact information of a terminal recognized by a vehicle, the method being performed by a system for managing contact information including the communication unit communicating with one or more terminals located in a vehicle, a connection confirming unit, a priority calculating unit, and a contact information renewing unit, the method comprising:

• a connection confirming process of confirming a function, to which the terminal located in the vehicle and recognized by the communication unit is connected through communication, among the functions provided by an Audio, Video, and Navigation (AVN) system of the vehicle, which is performed by the connection confirming unit;
• a priority calculating process of calculating a priority of the corresponding terminal with respect to other terminals according to the connection between the terminal confirmed in the connection confirming process and the function provided by the AVN system and generating priority list information for maintaining contact information stored in the terminal, which is performed by the priority calculating unit;
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• a contact information renewing process of downloading and storing the contact information stored in the terminal in a linked database according to the priority list information generated by the priority calculating process or deleting the contact information stored in the database, which is performed by the contact information renewing unit.