Universal address book
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorDOUGLAS R. MITCHELL
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Abstract
A method is provided for synchronizing a universal address book located in a database amongst a first user and a second user. The first user sends an initialization message to the database and an invitation message to the second user. The first user receives an acceptance message from the second user and sends an update message to the database. The initialization message includes current personal data of the first user, the invitation message includes a database pointer, and the update message changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second user of the changed data of the first user.
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A method of synchronizing a universal address book located in a database amongst a first user and a second user, the method comprising:
- sending an initialization message to the database from a first access terminal, wherein the initialization message includes personal data of the first user;
- sending an invitation message to the second access terminal, wherein the invitation message includes a database pointer;
- and
- sending an update message to the database, from the first access terminal, wherein the update message changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second access terminal of the updated personal data of the first user.
A method of synchronizing a universal address book located in a database amongst a first user and a second user, the method comprising:
- the database receiving an initialization message from the first user;
- the database receiving an acceptance message from the second user;
- the database receiving an update message from the first user;
- and
- the database exchanging data with the second user regarding the update message;
- wherein the initialization message includes current personal data of the first user;
- wherein the update message changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second user of the changed data of the first user, and
- wherein the database is associated with the second user via a database pointer.
An apparatus for synchronizing amongst a first user and a second user, a universal address book located in a database, the apparatus comprising:
- a first access terminal associated with the first user that sends an initialization message to the database, the initialization message including personal data of the first user;
- and
- a second access terminal associated with the second user, the second access terminal receives an invitation message including a database pointer,
- wherein the first access terminal further sends an update message to the database that changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second access terminal of the updated personal data of the first user.
An apparatus for synchronizing amongst a first user and a second user, a universal address book located in a database, the apparatus comprising:
- first access means associated with the first user for sending an initialization message to the database, the initialization message including personal data of the first user;
- and
- second access means associated with the second user, the second access means for receiving an invitation message including a database pointer,
- wherein the first access means is further for sending an update message to the database that changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second access means of the updated personal data of the first user.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions thereon for synchronizing a universal address book located in a database amongst a first user and a second user, the instructions, when read and executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- send an initialization message to the database from a first access terminal, wherein the initialization message includes personal data of the first user;
- send an invitation message to the second access terminal, wherein the invitation message includes a database pointer;
- and
- send an update message to the database, from the first access terminal, wherein the update message changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second access terminal of the updated personal data of the first user.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions thereon for synchronizing a universal address book located in a database amongst a first user and a second user, the instructions when read and executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform functions associated therewith the instructions comprising:
- instructions causing the database to receive an initialization message from the first user;
- instructions causing the database to receive an acceptance message from the second user;
- instructions causing the database to receive an update message from the first user;
- instruction causing the database to exchange data with the second user regarding the update message;
- wherein the initialization message includes current personal data of the first user;
- wherein the update message changes the personal data of the first user in the database and informs the second user of the changed data of the first user, and
- wherein the database is associated with the second user via a database pointer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.