Systems, methods, circuits and associated software for augmenting contact details stored on a communication device with data relating to the contact contained on social networking sites
DC CAFC- US 8,792,874 B2
- Filed: 05/20/2013
- Issued: 07/29/2014
- Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2009
- Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile phone comprising:
- a local memory adapted to store contacts, wherein a contact includes a phone number and an identity indicator associated with the phone number;
a synchronization engine adapted to;
(a) correlate a first profile contained on a first social networking site with a first contact stored in said local memory;
(b) retrieve from the first social networking site data contained in the first profile; and
(c) associate the retrieved data with the first contact;
anda presentation and operation module adapted to cause the control circuitry of said mobile phone to display, in association with the first contact, the retrieved data, upon a graphic user interface of said mobile phone.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, circuits, systems and applications for providing messaging services which may provide for download, synchronization, voicemail-message to text-message translation, direct access and handling of selected voicemail messages through a user'"'"'s user interface. Further disclosed are systems, methods, circuits and associated software for retrieving data associated with contacts stored on a communication device from social networking sites and integrating the retrieved data into the operation of the communication device.
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1. A mobile phone comprising:
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a local memory adapted to store contacts, wherein a contact includes a phone number and an identity indicator associated with the phone number; a synchronization engine adapted to; (a) correlate a first profile contained on a first social networking site with a first contact stored in said local memory; (b) retrieve from the first social networking site data contained in the first profile; and (c) associate the retrieved data with the first contact; and a presentation and operation module adapted to cause the control circuitry of said mobile phone to display, in association with the first contact, the retrieved data, upon a graphic user interface of said mobile phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for augmenting contact details stored on a mobile phone, said method comprising:
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correlating a first profile contained on a first social networking site with a first contact stored in a local memory of the mobile phone, wherein a contact includes a phone number and an identity indicator associated with the phone number; retrieving from the first social networking site data contained in the first profile; associating the retrieved data with the first contact; and displaying, in association with the first contact, the retrieved data, upon a graphic user interface of the mobile phone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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