Patent ID: 9729477
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server, user input indicating a plurality of instant messaging contacts; identifying, by the server, profile information associated with each instant messaging contact in the plurality of instant messaging contacts; generating, by the server, an executable address loading program that, when executed causes a client device to generate an instant messaging contact list, add the profile information associated with each instant messaging contact in the plurality of instant messaging contacts to the generated instant messaging contact list, and store the generated instant messaging contact list; and sending, by the server, the executable address loading program to a mobile device, the executable address loading program, when executed by the mobile device, being operable to cause the mobile device to generate the instant messaging contact list, add the profile information associated with each instant messaging contact in the plurality of instant messaging contacts to the generated instant messaging contact list, and store the generated instant messaging contact list in memory on the mobile device.