Image acquisition for contacts list
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorSten Fredrik Öijer
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Abstract
A method for populating a contacts list with information may include receiving an input identifying a first contact in a contacts list stored in a first communication device. The method may also include automatically generating a first message requesting that the first contact provide a picture in response to the received input and transmitting the first message to a second communication device associated with the first contact. The method may further include receiving a picture from the second communication device and storing the picture in the first communication device.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first communication device, an input identifying a first contact in a contacts list stored in the first communication device;
- automatically generating, via the first communication device, a first message requesting that the first contact provide a picture in response to the received input, the message including a first code identifying the first message as a request for a picture;
- transmitting, via the first communication device, the first message to a second communication device associated with the first contact;
- receiving, via the first communication device, a second message from the second communication device, the second message including a first picture and a second code indicating that the second message is a response to the request for a picture;
- storing, via the first communication device, the first picture in the first communication device;
- receiving, via the first communication device and from the second communication device, a third message, the third message including the first code;
- automatically determining, via the first communication device, that the third message is a request for a picture based on the first code;
- and
- automatically displaying, via the first communication device and in response to the third message, information indicating that a picture is requested.
A first communication device comprising:
- a memory to store information identifying a plurality of parties;
- a processor to:
- automatically generate a first message requesting that a first one of the plurality of parties provide a picture in response to at least one of a received input identifying the first party or a preset configuration associated with the first party, the first message including a first code corresponding to a request for a picture;
- a transmitter to:
- transmit the first message to a second communication device associated with the first party;
- a receiver to:
- receive a first picture in response to the first message, and
- receive a second message from the second communication device, the second message including the first code,
- where the processor is further to:
- identify the first party associated with the first picture,
- automatically store the first picture in the memory with information associated with the first party, and
- automatically determine that the second message is a request for a picture based on the first code included in the second message;
- and
- a display to display information indicating that a picture is requested in response to the second message.
One or more memory devices having stored, thereon, sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- automatically generate, in response to input identifying a first one of a plurality parties or based on a preset configuration, a first message including a first code corresponding to a request for picture code;
- forward the first message for transmission to a communication device associated with the first party;
- receive a second message from the communication device in response to the first message, the second message comprising:
- a second code identifying the second message as being a response to the first message, and
- a first picture;
- store the first picture in a memory;
- receive a third message from the communication device, the third message including the first code;
- automatically determine that the third message is a request for a picture based on the first code included with the third message;
- and
- output information indicating that a picture is requested in response to the third message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.