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AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsMarkus ANDREASSON, Per ASTRAND, Erik BACKLUND
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According to the invention a first communication device investigates if there is an entry of a contacting identifier received in the device in a contacts register. In case there is no such entry it locates, in the contacts register, communication devices in a set of communication devices providing a lookup service, which set includes at least one communication device and where at least one communication device is a personal communication device, an sends a query regarding the contacting identifier to at least one second communication device of the set. The second communication device receives the query and investigates an own contacts register. In case the contacting identifier is provided in the own contacts register it further locates an identity associated with the contacting identifier and automatically sends data regarding the identity to the first communication device as a response to the query.
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A method of determining an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at a first communication device, the method comprising:
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
The method of claim 1, wherein the set of communication devices includes a contacting identifier lookup server.
The method of claim 1, wherein the query is sent to the at least one second communication device of the set via a server.
The method of claim 1, wherein the query is broadcast to at least some of the communication devices of the set.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the communication devices in the set is another communication device that is associated with a user of the first communication device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the contacts register includes a setting for each communication device in the set which is to receive the query.
The method of claim 1, wherein the contacting identifier comprises an Internet protocol address.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication device is a portable communication device.
A communication device configured to determine an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at the communication device, the communication device comprising:
A computer-readable medium to store instructions executable in a first communication device to determine an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at the first communication device, the computer-readable medium to cause the first communication device to:
A method of enabling determination of an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at a first communication device, the method comprising:
A personal communication device of a set of communication devices providing a lookup service to enable determination of an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at a first communication device, the personal communication device comprising:
A computer-readable medium to store instructions executable in a first communication device to enable determination of an identity associated with a contacting identifier received at a first communication device, the computer-readable medium to cause the first communication device to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.