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US 2006/0235878 A1Published application
Client side indexing of offline address book files
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNeil Shipp, Victor Romano
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Abstract
A method of building an offline address book (OAB). An OAB data file and a table of attributes are generated at a server. The data file and table are transferred from the server to a client. The transferred data file and table are indexed by the client.
Claims20
A method of building an offline address book (OAB) comprising:
- Generating an OAB data file and a table of attributes at a server;
- Transferring the data file and table from the server to a client;
- Indexing the transferred data file and table at the client.
A client-side method of building an offline address book (OAB) wherein a server generates an OAB data file and a table of attributes, said method comprising:
- receiving by the client the data file and table from the server;
- and
- indexing the transferred data file and table at the client.
A method of maintaining an offline address book (OAB) comprising:
- Periodically generating an OAB data file and a table of attributes at a server;
- Generating a differences file between the previous version and the next version of the OAB file using an update mechanism;
- Transferring the difference file to a client which previously received the previous version;
- and
- Indexing the transferred data file and table and difference file at the client.
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