Patent ID: 7739309
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for merging contact data from a plurality of contact data sources for use in an electronic document, comprising: forming a schema of mapped contact field names from at least two separate data sources, wherein forming of the schema includes: forming the schema from the list of mapped contact field names in the first window user interface; after the formation of the schema, generating a temporary recipient list from the schema, wherein the temporary recipient list includes the contact field names generated in accordance with the schema and value fields for receiving values from the initial contact data source and the at least one subsequently added contact data source; when a hash value match exists, populating a duplication window user interface with rows of the populated contact recipient list having matching hash values and resolving duplicative rows of the populated contact recipient list via the duplication window user interface; and saving the resolved populated contact recipient list to a file.