System and method for network operation
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for maintaining contact information for a number of users having accounts on a network, the network comprising a number of client telephones that use stored contact information including telephone numbers for dialing, a server on which the user accounts are hosted, and means permitting data communication between the server and the client telephones, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining on the server for each user account current contact information for the associated user;
maintaining on the server a contact list of telephone numbers which that user has selected, which contact list can be accessed and dialed by the client telephone used by that user, andassociating a user account with a new telephone so that the new telephone can dial the contact telephone numbers for that user account.
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Abstract
A network of secure servers, requiring no central entity to administer user identities or access permissions. Each autonomous server hosts a set of user accounts. Users may link to and access the accounts of all other users in the network. Resources in accounts are private, but users may grant each other partial permissions to them. Links and permissions are independent of the location of accounts, and are cryptographically authenticated. Users may migrate their account between servers without loosing accumulated permissions, or breaking links that others have to their account. The ability to grant permissions may be delegated to reflect complex organizational structures. A permission may be configured to unlock data in a multitude of accounts. The system will support applications that require secure information sharing across multiple organizational boundaries, and provides a distributed security model which is feasible to deploy as it is wholly administered by its users.
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1. A method for maintaining contact information for a number of users having accounts on a network, the network comprising a number of client telephones that use stored contact information including telephone numbers for dialing, a server on which the user accounts are hosted, and means permitting data communication between the server and the client telephones, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining on the server for each user account current contact information for the associated user; maintaining on the server a contact list of telephone numbers which that user has selected, which contact list can be accessed and dialed by the client telephone used by that user, and associating a user account with a new telephone so that the new telephone can dial the contact telephone numbers for that user account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for maintaining contact information for a number of users having accounts on a network, the network comprising a number of client wireless portable telephones that use stored contact information including telephone numbers for dialing, a server on which the user accounts are hosted, and means permitting data communication between the server and the client wireless portable telephones, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining on the server for each user account current contact information for the associated user; maintaining on the server a contact list of telephone numbers which that user has selected, which contact list can be accessed by the client telephone used by that user; and associating a user account with a new telephone so that the new telephone can dial the contact telephone numbers for that user account, wherein the current contact information for the associated user includes a user ID that remains the same when the user changes wireless portable telephones. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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