Synching online address book sources for a vehicle user
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsSteven J. Ross, Steven C. Tengler, Richard A. Johnson
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Abstract
A method for synching online address book sources for a vehicle user is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a server, at least two different user selected destination entries from at least two different destination entry systems in selective communication with the server, and consolidating the destination entries received from the Internet-enabled programs into a personalized online and vehicle accessible address book.
Claims26
A method for synching online address book sources for a vehicle user, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, at least two different user selected destination entries from at least two different destination entry systems in selective communication with the server;
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- consolidating the destination entries received from the destination entry systems into a personalized online and vehicle accessible address book.
A system for synching online address book sources for a vehicle user, the system comprising:
- at least two different destination entry systems;
- a server in selective communication with the at least two different destination entry systems and configured to receive at least two different user selected destination entries from the at least two different destination entry systems;
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- means for consolidating the destination entries received from the destination entry systems into a personalized online and vehicle accessible address book.
A system for synching online address book sources for a vehicle user, the system comprising:
- an Internet-enabled destination entry system;
- an in-vehicle destination entry system;
- a call center, including:
- a server that is in selective communication with the Internet-enabled destination entry system and the in-vehicle destination entry system, and that is configured to selectively receive user selected destination entries from each of the Internet-enabled destination entry system and the in-vehicle destination entry system;
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- an evaluation system for determining if two or more of the received user selected destination entries are the same, extracting geo-coded information from each of the received user selected destination entries if they are the same, and generating a single user selected destination entry that corresponds to the same received user selected destination entries and includes at least some of the extracted geo-coded information;
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- a personalized online and vehicle accessible address book including multiple entries, at least one of which is the single user selected destination entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.