Patent ID: 9558254
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for replacing an invalid data element, comprising: determining, via a vehicle computing system (VCS), that a phone number is invalid in response to receiving an invalid phone number response from an attempt to dial the phone number from the VCS; accessing one or more social networking sites, through the VCS, associated with a user account corresponding to a wireless device containing the invalid phone number; for each social networking site accessed through the VCS, determining whether or not a data type corresponding to the invalid phone number is available for a party corresponding to the invalid phone number; comparing a phone number stored on the social networking site under the data type with the invalid phone number in response to the data type being available; and replacing the invalid phone number stored on at least one of a local storage or the wireless device with the phone number stored on the social networking site in response to the phone number stored on the social networking site differing from the invalid phone number.