Patent ID: 9178942
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically updating a contact stored in a native contact application of a device, the method comprising: storing, in a database of the server, a first export of a first plurality of contacts received from a first agent executed on a first device, the first agent receiving the first plurality of contacts from a first native contact application executed on the first device; storing, in the database, a second export of a second plurality of contacts received from a second agent executed on a second device, the second agent receiving the second plurality of contacts from a second native contact application executed on the second device; receiving, by the server from the second agent, a change to one or more contact fields of a contact of a user of the second device, the second agent receiving the change from the second native contact application; determining, by the server, that the contact of the user of the second device is in the first export, and responsive to the change to one or more contact fields of the contact of the user, the server receives from the user of the second device approval to broadcast the changes of the contact of the user; and transmitting, by the server, responsive to the determination, the change to the first agent, the first agent transmitting the change to the first native contact application.