Patent ID: 8295819
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method performed on a picture server connected to a telecommunications network, comprising: storing a plurality of contact files, each contact file having an associated user profile configured by a picture owner and defining access control rules for the contact file; receiving, at the picture sever from a first wireless device, a request for a remote picture corresponding to a caller identifier (ID) identifying a second wireless device, the caller ID transmitted to the first wireless device from the second wireless device; determining that the caller ID is not associated with any contact file of the plurality of contact files; generating an information/picture request message; sending the information/picture request to an address derived from the caller ID; receiving an information/picture file; storing an information portion of the information/picture file as the user profile of a contact file associated with the caller ID; and storing a picture portion of the information/picture file as a picture of the contact file associated with the caller ID; verifying, using the user profile for the associated contact file, that the stored picture is authorized to be sent; and transporting the stored picture to the first wireless device.