Patent ID: 6748402
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for enabling a user to load user contact information in an address book stored in a first interactive pager into a second interactive pager into a second interactive pager via a target personal information manager, wherein a first operating system of the first interactive pager is not compatible with the personal information manager and a second operating system of the second interactive pager, and wherein the second interactive pager is compatible with the personal information manager, comprising:a computer having a computer disk on which the address book is downloaded from the first interactive pager to an address book information file, wherein the address book information file is not compatible with the target personal information manager stored on the computer a conversion tool (i) for converting all of the user contact information from the address book downloaded to the address book information file and (ii) for storing converted user contact information representing all of the user contact information after conversion in a user database, wherein the converted user contact information stored in the user database is in a format compatible with the target personal information manager; a corporate master database comprising corporate contact information in communication with the computer; a merge contact lists processor to merge the converted user contact information in the user database with the corporate contact information in the corporate master database and to store merged contact information in a personal information manager contacts list database; and uploading software for uploading the merged contact information in the personal information manager contacts list database to the second interactive pager that is compatible with the target personal information manager.