Patent ID: 8306506
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A wireless handheld device for requesting, receiving and storing contact information, said apparatus comprising: (a) a transceiver for wireless communications; (b) a user interface; (c) a data storage device; and (d) a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver, the user interface and the data storage device, for running an embedded electronic address book and for executing other computer-executable process steps, wherein the wireless handheld device is programmed to: (i) input via the user interface a unique contact identifier that uniquely identifies a desired contact record, (ii) generate a request message that includes the unique contact identifier and is addressed to a central hub that maintains and distributes contact information, (iii) transmit the request message using the transceiver, (iv) receive the requested contact record, and (v) store the received contact record for access by the embedded electronic address book, wherein the received contact record includes plural different contact information fields and is in a format that permits unambiguous identification of said plural different contact information fields upon application of pre-specified mechanical rules stored by the wireless handheld device.