Method and system for exchanging messages among established contacts
a technology of established contacts and methods, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problems of difficult access to consolidated addresses, distribution of contact information of people, user difficulty in accessing his address book, etc., and achieve the effect of facilitating frequent contact, facilitating business development or professional help, and facilitating group invitation
Inactive Publication Date: 2014-06-05
SILICON VALLEY PATENT AGENCY
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The present invention is a system and method for synchronizing personal contact information from different sources. The system combines contact information from email applications, cell phones, and PDAs to create a consolidated, synchronized contact list. The system also allows users to easily update their contacts with the latest versions and recover or block deleted contacts. Additionally, the system allows users to configure their relationships with contacts, accessing different levels of information and facilitating carpooling with contacts. The technical effects of the invention include improved efficiency and accuracy in managing personal contact information and improved communication with contacts.
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When a user is away from the personal computer, the access to the consolidated address becomes difficult.
Again, the user has the difficulty to access his address book while away from the personal computer.
The dilemma is that the contact information of a person is distributed among several devices or accounts.
When a user needs to contact the person by phone, unless the phone used to contact the person before is readily handy, the user has no other way to retrieve the phone number.
However, due to the lack of coordination among the different ways and different devices / tools, from one perspective, our life is technically complicated.
If one changes his contact information (e.g., due to job change, phone number change or email change), unless he updates all of his contacts of the change, there would be a possibility that the person may have lost contact with some of his contacts forever.
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[0033]In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will become obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. The description and representation herein are the common means used by those experienced or skilled in the art to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuitry have not been described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring aspects of the present invention.
[0034]Reference herein to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily al...
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Techniques for exchanging messages among established contacts are disclosed. Through a server or system, a registered user can post messages from his / her cellular phones or personal data assistants as a mobile blog. Depending on preference set by the user, the messages may be posted privately or publically. When the messages are private, the user can use the messages to create his / her journal. When the messages are public, the user allows his established contacts to comment on the messages originated by the user to create a message exchanging environment among the contacts, where the contacts are already established with the user.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention generally relates to the area of communication. Specifically, the present invention relates to method and system for synchronizing personal contact information from different sources and mechanisms for registered users to keep back checking their private journals and chatting with others via short messaging. Based on the architecture, other features including proof delivery of emails, recycling of deleted contacts, a “black” list, contact relationship levels and anonymous email and short messaging are provided.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]It is estimated that an average person with some education background has about four email accounts. Examples of these email accounts include an email account from work, an account from a residential ISP, and several free email accounts from, e.g., AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail, each of the accounts established for its own purpose. For example, the...
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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/58
CPCH04L51/36G06F16/9535H04L51/56G06F15/16H04W8/18
InventorZHENG, JOE
OwnerSILICON VALLEY PATENT AGENCY