Temporally limited mobile device contact information

An apparatus that provides temporary storage of contact information for a mobile device, comprising:

• an interface that receives contact information at a mobile device;
• memory that stores the contact information and at least a contact management module that is configured to receive or generate a temporal condition for retaining the contact information within the memory and an archive module that is configured to remove the contact information from the memory based at least in part upon occurrence of the temporal condition;
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• a processor that executes at least the contact management module to associate the temporal condition with the contact information, or determine occurrence of the temporal condition, or remove the contact information from the memory, or a combination thereof.

At least one processor configured to provide temporally limited contact information for a mobile device, comprising:

• a first module for receiving contact information of an entity at a mobile device;
• a second module for storing the contact information in a contact list at the mobile device;
• a third module for receiving or generating a temporal condition for maintaining the contact information in the contact list;
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• a fourth module for removing the contact information from the contact list based at least in part upon occurrence of the temporal condition.

An apparatus that provides temporally limited contact information for a mobile device, comprising:

• means for receiving contact information of an entity at a mobile device;
• means for storing the contact information in a contact list at the mobile device;
• means for receiving or generating a temporal condition for maintaining the contact information in the contact list;
• and
• means for removing the contact information from the contact list based at least in part upon occurrence of the temporal condition.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing temporally limited contact information for a mobile device, comprising:
• at least one instruction for receiving contact information of an entity at a mobile device;
• at least one instruction for storing the contact information in a contact list at the mobile device;
• at least one instruction for receiving or generating a temporal condition for maintaining the contact information in the contact list;
• and
• at least one instruction for removing the contact information from the contact list based at least in part upon occurrence of the temporal condition.

An apparatus that supports, from a mobile network, temporally limited mobile device contact information, comprising:

• a transceiver communicatively coupled with a mobile device via a wireless link;
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• memory configured to store contact information received from the mobile device via the transceiver and the wireless link upon occurrence of a temporal archive condition;
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• a processor that executes an archive module stored in the memory, the archive module is configured to determine information related to the temporal archive condition or manage the contact information, or both determine the information related to the temporal archive condition and manage the contact information, based at least in part on a contemporaneous state of the temporal archive condition.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium containing instructions for interfacing with and supporting a mobile device having temporally limited contact information, comprising:
• at least one instruction for communicatively coupling a mobile network component with a mobile device;
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• at least one instruction for receiving contact information of an entity from the mobile device upon occurrence of a temporal condition that results in removal of the contact information from active memory on the mobile device.