Patent ID: 9043393
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of updating an address book maintained by a data processing system, comprising: identifying a plurality of items of address information within a message field of an email message; determining whether one of the items is contained in more than one contact record of the address book; if the one item is contained in more than one contact record of the address book, presenting a dialog allowing a choice of which of the more than one contact record is to be updated; receiving an input to update a chosen contact record of the address book with an other one of the items of address information contained in the message field of the email message; and displaying an updated contact record with the other one item hi-lighted; wherein the identifying the plurality of items of address information comprises: identifying a number of items of address information in the message field of the email message; and comparing the number to a predetermined number to determine if the plurality of items comprises an address.