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US 2010/0144318 A1Published application
Automatic user profile exchange device and method
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorDavid Scott Cable
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Abstract
A device and method of exchanging user profile information by sending and receiving background communications with another device. The background communications include a command to send a background communication embedded with an updated user profile to the requesting device. The embedded user profile is received by the requesting device and synchronized with a profile list to automatically update the user profile on the requesting device.
Claims20
A method of exchanging a user profile comprising:
- automatically sending a background communication from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, wherein the background communication includes a request for a user profile stored on the second mobile device;
- receiving a background communication from the second mobile device that includes the requested user profile;
- and
- synchronizing the user profile received from the second mobile device with a profile list on the first mobile device.
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A method of exchanging a user profile comprising:
- receiving a first background communication with a first mobile device, wherein the background communication includes a request to send a user profile to a second mobile device;
- embedding the user profile into a second background communication;
- sending the second background communication to the second mobile device.
A mobile device comprising:
- a profile list;
- and
- a profile exchange section, wherein the profile list is accessible by the profile exchange section and the profile exchange section includes:
- (i) a sending section operable to automatically send a first background communication to a another mobile device wherein the background communication that includes a command to send a user profile to the mobile device;
- (ii) a receiving section operable to receive a message in response to the background communication, wherein the message includes an embedded user profile;
- and
- (iii) a synchronizing section operable to synchronize the embedded user profile with the profile list.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.