Method and apparatus for managing contact information
AssigneeGoogle Technology Holdings LLC
InventorAmit Kumar Agrawal
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing contact information includes an electronic device detecting 302 a pair of communications by the electronic device related to a contact and parsing 304 at least one of the communications in the pair of communications to determine a time duration for a record for the contact. The method further includes the electronic device setting 306 a time duration element for the record based on the time duration to cause deletion of the record when the time duration has elapsed.
Claims19
A method performed by an electronic device for managing contact information, the method comprising:
- detecting a pair of communications by the electronic device related to a first contact, the pair of communications com nsm a first communication transmitted b the electronic device to the first contact and a second communication received by the electronic device from the first contact;
- parsing at least one of the pair of communications in the pair of communications to determine a first time duration for a first record for the first contact;
- setting a first time duration element for the first record based on the first time duration to cause deletion of the first record when the first time duration has elapsed, wherein the first time duration element initially indicates an indeterminate time duration;
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- after setting the first time duration element to the indeterminate time duration, updating the first time duration element to at least one of a temporary time duration or an infinite time duration.
An electronic device configured to manage contact information, the electronic device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive communications;
- a transmitter configured to send communications;
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- a processing element operatively coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processing element is configured to:
- detect a pair of communications by the electronic device related to a contact, the pair of communications comprising a first communication transmitted by the electronic device to the first contact and a second communication received by the electronic device from the first contact;
- parse at least one of the pair of communications in the pair of communications to determine a time duration for a record for the contact;
- set a time duration element for the record based on a result of the parsing, wherein the first time duration element initially indicates an indeterminate time duration;
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- after setting the first time duration element to the indeterminate time duration, update the first time duration element to at least one of a temporary time duration or an infinite time duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.