Patent ID: 9544177
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting that a first contact list stored in a data store on a device of a first user has a first contact including a first value and a second contact including a second value; identifying that a minimum number of additional users each has a contact in their respective contact list that includes both the first value and the second value, the identifying that the minimum number of additional users each has the contact in their respective contact list that includes both the first value and the second value comprising: incrementing a counter based on detecting in the contact list of the additional users one or more of a manual merge of the first value and second value into the contact, edit of the contact to include the first value and second value, or import of the contact that includes the first value and second value; and based on determining that a threshold number is transgressed based on the counter, causing, by a processor an automatic merge of the first contact and the second contact in the first contact list into a single contact in the first contact list, the merge causing an update to the data store on the device of the first user.