Portable address book systems and related methods
OwnerBala Ganesh, Scott Castaldo +1inventors
InventorsBala Ganesh, Scott Castaldo, Amber Reed
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Abstract
A portable, electronic address book is described. The address book enables the user to select various addresses from the address book, which are used to fill in address fields on webpages. The address book collects address information from various sources, including webpages (e.g., when a user fills in an address when making an online purchase) and social networks (e.g., from the user's social network profile) to be used to fill in address fields.
Claims27
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for:
- (A) detecting an address field on a webpage associated with an online retailer;
- (B) at least partially in response to detecting the address field, displaying a user-selectable indicium adjacent to the address field;
- (C) receiving notification of a user selecting the user-selectable indicium;
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- (D) in response to receiving notification of the user selecting the user-selectable indicium, displaying an address book comprising one or more addresses associated with the user, wherein the one or more addresses associated with the user comprise at least one address collected from a social network associated with the user.
A computer system for populating an online address book comprising:
- at least one processor, wherein the computer system is configured for:
- (A) receiving one or more browser-collected addresses associated with a purchase made by a user from an online retailer;
- (B) receiving one or more addresses from a social network that is associated with the user;
- (C) populating an address data repository with user address data;
- wherein the user address data comprises the one or more browser-collected addresses and the one or more addresses received from the social network;
- (D) receiving a request to transmit the user address data to a client device;
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- (E) transmitting the user address data to the client device, wherein the client device enables the user to select a particular address from the user address data to populate an address field on a retail website.
A computer system for creating a portable online address book comprising:
- at least one processor, the computer system configured for:
- (A) receiving browser-collected address data comprising a first ship-to address for a purchase made by a first user from a first online retailer;
- (B) obtaining at least one ship-to address from social-network address data associated with the first user;
- (C) associating the first ship-to address and the at least one ship-to address with a first user address book associated with the first user;
- (D) receiving a request to send the first user address book to a client device;
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- (E) sending the first user address book to the client device for allowing a user of the client device to select an address from the first user address book to populate a ship-to field on a retail website.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.