Back to results
US 7,743,024 B2Granted
Synchronising contacts
AssigneeSkype
InventorsIndrek Mandre, Teet Konnussaar
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeSkype
InventorsIndrek Mandre, Teet Konnussaar
Estimating the term…
A method of synchronizing the contact information of a group of users of a telephony system between the group of users over a communications network is provided. Each user of the group of users has a user terminal connected to the communications network and executes a client, the client comprising a contact information list. A first user belonging to the group of users selects the contact information of other users in the group from the contact information list and chooses to synchronize the contact information. An invitation message is transmitted from the client executed on the user terminal of the first user to the client executed on the user terminal of each of the other users in the group, the invitation message including an invitee list of users belonging to the group. The invitation message is received at the client of each of the other users in the group. At least one of the other users in the group accepts the invitation message, the step of accepting comprising generating an acceptance message, the acceptance message giving authorization to the group of users to contact the at least one other user, broadcasting the acceptance message to the group of users and adding the invitee list to the contact information list of the at least one user.
A method of synchronising the contact information of a plurality of users of a telephony system between the plurality of users over a communications network, each user of the plurality of users having a user terminal connected to the communications network and executing a client, said client comprising a contact information list, the method comprising:
A user terminal connected to a communications network and executing a client for synchronising the contact information of a plurality of users of a telephony system between the plurality of users over the communications network, said client comprising a contact information list, means for selecting the contact information of other users in the plurality of users from the contact information list, means for choosing to synchronise the contact information, means for generating an invitation message, including an invitee list of users belonging to the plurality of users, and means for transmitting the invitation message from the client to a client executed on the user terminal of each of the other users in the plurality of users for accepting and storing the invitation message and giving authorisation to the plurality of users to contact each of the other users, thereby synchronising the contact information of the plurality of users of the telephony system.
A user terminal connected to a communications network and executing a client for synchronising the contact information of a plurality of users of a telephony system between the plurality of users over the communications network, said client comprising a contact information list, means for receiving an invitation message from a client executed on the user terminal of one of the other users in the plurality of users, the invitation message including an invitee list of users belonging to the plurality of users, means for accepting the invitation message, and means for storing the invitation message wherein the means for accepting comprises means for generating an acceptance message, said acceptance message giving authorisation to the plurality of users to contact the user of the user terminal, means for broadcasting said acceptance message to the plurality of users, and means for adding the invitee list to the contact information list, thereby synchronising the contact information of the plurality of users of the telephony system.
A system for synchronising the contact information of a plurality of users of a telephony system between the plurality of users over a communications network, each user of the plurality of users having a user terminal connected to the communications network and executing a client, said client comprising a contact information list, the system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.