Patent ID: 9537986
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A network device comprising a memory, an interface and a controller for use in a mesh network comprising said network device, being configured to operate as a first network device, and a second network device, wherein said memory is configured for storing at least one contact, said contact comprising a telephone number and said controller is configured to: receive a contact list containing at least one contact from the second network device when it is determined that the second network device is attempting to connect to the mesh network to which the first network device is part of, and compare all of the at least one received contact with all of the at least one contact stored in the memory and if there is no match for at least one of the at least one received contacts, store the received at least one contact for which there was no match in said memory and determine if the mesh network comprises a third network device, and if so, forward any received contact for which there was no match to said third network device, and wherein said controller is further configured to transmit the at least one contact stored in the memory to said second device.