Systems and methods for adding information to a directory stored in a mobile device
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1. A cellular phone including a system that adds contact information to a directory stored in a memory of the cellular phone, the system comprising:
- a radio receiver coupled to a processor and the memory, wherein the radio receiver is configured to receive a visual message that includes contact information in the visual message body transmitted to the cellular phone using a Global System for Mobile communications (“
GSM”
) cellular phone network, and the processor configured to store the message in the memory; and
the processor further configured to parse the received visual message and add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory.
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Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention provides systems and methods for adding information to a directory stored in a mobile device.
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1. A cellular phone including a system that adds contact information to a directory stored in a memory of the cellular phone, the system comprising:
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a radio receiver coupled to a processor and the memory, wherein the radio receiver is configured to receive a visual message that includes contact information in the visual message body transmitted to the cellular phone using a Global System for Mobile communications (“
GSM”
) cellular phone network, and the processor configured to store the message in the memory; andthe processor further configured to parse the received visual message and add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 27, 29)
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7. A cellular communication device including a system that adds contact information to a directory stored in a memory of the cellular communication device, the system comprising:
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a radio receiver coupled to a processor and the memory, wherein the radio receiver is configured to receive a visual message that includes contact information in the visual message body transmitted to the cellular communication device using a GSM cellular phone network; the processor coupled to the memory and configured to store the message in the memory; the processor configured to provide, via a user interface, an option to add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory; and the processor further configured to add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory upon the option being selected. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 30)
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14. A method of adding contact information to a directory stored in a memory of a cellular phone comprising:
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receiving a visual message that includes contact information in the visual message body via radio frequency communication using a GSM cellular phone network and storing the visual message in the memory; operating a processor in the cellular phone to parse the visual message to obtain the contact information from the visual message body and to add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 31)
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21. A method of adding contact information to a directory stored in a memory of a the cellular communication device comprising:
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receiving a visual message that includes contact information in the visual body via radio frequency communication using a GSM cellular phone network and storing the visual message in the memory; operating a processor in the mobile communication device to provide, via a user interface, an option to add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory; and operating the processor to add at least a portion of the contact information from the visual message body to the directory when the option to do so has been selected. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32)
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