Contact management
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
InventorsIvan Gueron, Gurvinder Singh, Jamie Hilao, Jeffrey Lane, Anna Mijares, Srinivasan Subramaniam
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Abstract
A contact management system including: a computer in communication with a central database and a mobile device configured to communicate with the central database, wherein the mobile device includes a contact management module that interfaces with a wireless network to allow a user of the mobile device to access contact information in the central database, the contact management module configured to provide synching of contact information within the mobile device with the contact information in the central database.
Claims16
A contact management method comprising:
- entering contact information in a computer in communication with a central database;
- storing the contact information in the central database;
- and
- enabling a user of a mobile device to access the contact information and make modifications to the contact information,
- wherein the contact information on the mobile device and in the computer are periodically synched with the central database so that modifications made on the mobile device are saved in the central database.
A contact management system comprising:
- a computer in communication with a central database, wherein the central database stores contact information;
- and
- a mobile device configured to communicate with the central database,
- wherein the mobile device includes:
- a first contact management module that interfaces with a wireless network to allow a user of the mobile device to access contact information in the central database,
- wherein the first contact management module provides synchronization of contact information within the mobile device with the contact information in the central database.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for accessing contact information on a central database, the program comprising executable instructions that cause a processor on a mobile device to:
- access the contact information from the central database over a wireless network;
- perform one or more modifications to the contact information on the mobile device;
- and
- transmit any modifications made to the contact information on the mobile device to the central database.
An apparatus comprising:
- a contact entry generation module to create a contact entry;
- and
- an entry updating module to edit information for existing contact entries,
- wherein the apparatus is in communication with a central database, the central database being configured to store contact entry information.
An information management system comprising:
- a computer in communication with a central database, the central database being configured to store contact and call log information;
- and
- a mobile device configured to communicate with the central database,
- wherein the computer includes a mobile device interface module for communicating with the mobile device and a contact management component for processing contact and call log information transmitted from the mobile device,
- wherein the mobile device includes a contact management module that interfaces with a wireless network to allow a user of the mobile device to access contact information in the central database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.