Patent ID: 9397963
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: allowing, by a gateway, an authorized network device to modify an address book residing on the gateway of a wireless network; allowing the address book, as modified, to be saved on the gateway; comparing a local address book on the network device with the address book stored on the gateway; determining, based on at least one of a type of the network device and an application of the network device, a protocol to communicate with the network device; and if the local address book differs from the address book stored on the gateway, providing, by the gateway, an update to the network device using the protocol, wherein the update is based on a difference between the local address book and the address book; and wherein the application is an email application and providing the portion of the address book to the network device comprises formatting the portion to enable the email application to import the portion.